I saw an item on Amazon where the pictures of the packaging had several different weights given in catties, including of a person, all in English though. I thought it might have been a mistranslation or something until I found the Wikipedia article. Unfortunately, I still don’t quite know how much the item weighs because I don’t know which catty the package was using (if I had to guess, probably mainland China).
snarfalous OP t1_j1yhm3o wrote
Reply to TIL the catty is a traditional Chinese weight measurement still in use in several East and Southeast Asian countries, having a distinct value in most countries. by snarfalous
I saw an item on Amazon where the pictures of the packaging had several different weights given in catties, including of a person, all in English though. I thought it might have been a mistranslation or something until I found the Wikipedia article. Unfortunately, I still don’t quite know how much the item weighs because I don’t know which catty the package was using (if I had to guess, probably mainland China).