"Space Cowboy" > wrote in message
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>A vendor on Ebay is listing some Puer in taels and not grams. One of
> the conversion sites gave 1.2oz or 37.5g for a tael. So is tael a
> Chinese, British or IM unit? If Chinese how common is it? Or is it
> some trading unit which I've never seen. It seems odd it isn't a
> multiple of oz or gram like a catty which is 500g.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>

Tael in Mainland China equals 10 quan = 37.5 g (that is why many puerh cakes
weight 375 g = 10 tael)
In Hong Kong I think its 37.8 g.
When you order shark fin soup in a good restorant they always say in the
menu how many taels of dry fin was used.
Also they use tael in traditional pharmacies.


Sasha.