Cambodian units of measurement

Length

Several units were used to measure length. One muoi (aka. mot thuoc) was equal to 1 m. Some other units are given below:.

1 phyeam = 2 muoi

1 sen = 40 muoi

1 yoch = 16000 muoi.

Weight

Several units were used to measure mass. One muoi (mot dong can tay) was equal to 0.600 kg. Some other units are given below:

1 lin = 3/80 muoi

1 hun = 3/8 muoi

1 chin =15/4 muoi

1 tael = 75/2 muoi

1 neal = 600 muoi

1 pram roi (not can tay) = 1000 muoi

1 chong = 30000 muoi

1 hap (picul) = 600000 muoi.

Capacity

Several units were used to measure capacity. One sesep (vuong mot gia) was equal to 40 dm³. Some other units are given below:

1 muoi (vuong mot ba tay) = 1/40 sesep

1 kantang = 3/16 sesep

1 tao = 3/8 sesep

1 thang = 3/4 sesep.

Length

Metric system has been compulsory with the name muoi mètre for meter.

Mass

Metric system has been compulsory with the following names:

1 pram rôi = 1 kg

1 muoi gramme = 1 g

1 hocsep = 60 kg.

Capacity

Metric system has been compulsory with the following names:

1 muoi litre = 1 l

1 sêsep litre = 40 l.