Qing (simplified Chinese: 顷; traditional Chinese: 頃; pinyin: qǐng) is a traditional unit of measurement for land area in China mainland. One qing is 100 mu, equals 6+2⁄3 ha or 16.47 acre.

Conversions

In 1929, the Nationalist government of China promulgated the Weights and Measures Act to adopt the metric system as the official standard and to limit the newer Chinese units of measurement to private sales and trade. These newer "market" units are based on rounded metric numbers, and has been effective on China mainland since 1 January 1930.

Table of Chinese area units effective since 1930
PinyinCharacterRelative valueMetric valueImperial valueNotes
háo1⁄10002⁄3 m27.18 sq ft
釐 (T) or 厘 (S)1⁄1006+2⁄3 m27.973 sq yd
fēn市分1⁄1066+2⁄3 m279.73 sq yd
畝 (T) or 亩 (S)1666+2⁄3 m2797.3 sq yd 0.1647 acreone mu (Chinese acre) =6000 square chi =60 square zhang =1/15 of a hectare
qǐng頃 (T) or 顷 (S)1006+2⁄3 ha16.47 acreChinese hide

For more details, please see article Mu (land).

See also