mace (unit) 錢 (量度單位)

mace (unit)
繁: 錢 (量度單位)
簡: 钱 (量度单位)

事主見到標價數百元,但看不到計價單位,於是詢問店員,但對方迴避問題,反而解釋每兩金聖果的價錢,令到事主以為是以兩計算,估計總金額1,000多元,而且店員在事主同意購買前已經將中藥材磨成粉末,完成後才告知以計算,售價1萬多元,是事主估算價值的10倍。

佐敦藥店劏內地客 金聖果「兩變錢」貴10倍 海關拘2人(2023年3月20日)。香港01,取自https://www.hk01.com/article/879342?utm_source=01articlecopy&utm_medium=referral

Other units in this system include candarine/candareen (from the Malay kunderi/keneri, from the Tamil kunri, the Indonesian saga tree, whose red seeds comprised the unit of about 0.1g), mace (Malay mas, from Sanskrit māsa, the measure originally based on the weight of an urd bean), and picul/pikul (in Malay/Javanese being “a load as heavy as a man can lift; a shoulder-load”), where 10 candarines equal one mace, 10 mace equal one tael, and 100 catties equal one picul.

How catty and tael entered the English language, along with picul, mace and candareen – Asian weight measurements (2018, Jan 18). SCMP. Retrieved from https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/2129495/asian-weight-measurements-leave-mark-english-language