• 1 li (市里) = 150 zhang = 300 bu (this "li" is not the small "li", it has different character and different tone)
• 1 yin (引) = 10 zhang
• 1 zhang (市丈) = 10 chi
• 1 bu (步) = 5 chi
• 1 chi (市尺) = 10 cun
• 1 cun (市寸) = 10 fen
• 1 fen (市分) = 10 li
• 1 li (市厘)

• 1 li = 500 metres
• 1 zhang = 3.3333 metres
• 1 chi = 33.3333 centimetre
• 1 cun = 3.3333 centimetre

Measures of area

• 1 qing (市顷) = 100 mu
• 1 mu (市亩) = 10 fen = 60 square zhang
• 1 fen (市分) = 10 li
• 1 li (市厘)
• 1 square zhang (方丈) = 100 square chi
• 1 square chi (方尺) = 100 square cun
• 1 square cun (方寸)

• 1 qing = 6.6667 hectares
• 1 mu = 6.6667 ares
• 1 li = .6667 square metre

Measures of mass

These units are used to measure mass of objects. However, they are also famous for measuring monetary objects such as gold and silver.

• 1 dan (市担) = 100 jin
• 1 jin (市斤) = 10 liang
• 1 liang (市两) = 10 qian
• 1 qian (市钱) = 10 fen
• 1 fen (市分) = 10 li
• 1 li (市厘)

• 1 dan = 50 kilograms
• 1 jin = 500 grams
• 1 li = 50 milligram

Measures of volume

These units are used to measure grains.

• 1 dan (市石) = 10 dou
• 1 dou (市斗) = 10 sheng
• 1 sheng (市升) = 10 he
• 1 he (???)

• 1 sheng = 1 litre

Measures of time

• 1 shichen (时辰) = 4 ke
• 1 ke (刻) (Modern "ke" refers to quarter of 1 hour instead of quarter of 1 shichen)

• 1 shichen (时辰) = 2 hours