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50Ķ

English translation: 3.33 hectares

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Chinese term or phrase:50Ķ
English translation:3.33 hectares
Entered by: Denyce Seow

15:47 Jan 29, 2006
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Mathematics & Statistics
Chinese term or phrase: 50Ķ
Quick question: 50Ķ = 50 acres or 8.5 acres?

Google shows a lot of cases when Ķ is directly translated into "acre", e.g. 30Ķ is 30 acres. However my dictionary says 1Ķ = 1/6 acre.
Denyce Seow
Singapore
Local time: 16:37
if this is 50市亩 -> 3.33 hectares (= 公顷)
Explanation:
[I think you could/should consider using mu and showing the conversion in brackets or as a footnote? The reader might expect the Chinese measure mu and the conversion? IMO mu is possibly the best-known of all the Chinese measures in English...]

use hectares (=公顷)(unless it is for the US)

市亩 = 0.0667公顷 = 0.1644英亩 -> 3.335公顷
市亩 = 1/15公顷 -> 50市亩 = 3.33公顷
(现代汉语词典)
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chica nueva
Local time: 20:37
Grading comment
I feel safer converting it to hectares. Thanks a lot, folks.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3fyi
Jenny Lu
4 +350 mu
Shang
5 +250 mou, or XXX acres
Last Hermit
3if this is 50市亩 -> 3.33 hectares (= 公顷)
chica nueva


Discussion entries: 4





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
fyi


Explanation:
if a single word Ķ is used, it refers to the Chinese traditional measurement. so 1Ķ = 1/6 acre

acre should be translated into ӢĶ

Jenny Lu
China
Local time: 16:37
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Stefanie Sendelbach
6 mins
  -> thanks a lot! :)
agree  Xiaoping Fu
10 hrs
agree  chica nueva: acres for the US, hectares for the rest of the English-speaking world? mu can be used.
16 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
50 mu


Explanation:
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Shang
China
Local time: 16:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 17

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chen Star
1 hr
  -> thanks! 新年好！
agree  Ray Luo: 50mu (1 mu = 1/6 acre.)
6 hrs
  -> thanks! 新年好！
agree  chica nueva: 1 mu = 1/15 ha
16 hrs
  -> thanks! 新年好！
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
50 mou, or XXX acres


Explanation:
'mou' or 'mu' already into the English language. Check it out in MW3.

Last Hermit
Local time: 16:37
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chica nueva: 'mou' is the old spelling, possibly out-of-date now?
3 hrs
agree  Shang: Ķ sounds 'mou' in southern dialects
3 hrs
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
if this is 50市亩 -> 3.33 hectares (= 公顷)


Explanation:
[I think you could/should consider using mu and showing the conversion in brackets or as a footnote? The reader might expect the Chinese measure mu and the conversion? IMO mu is possibly the best-known of all the Chinese measures in English...]

use hectares (=公顷)(unless it is for the US)

市亩 = 0.0667公顷 = 0.1644英亩 -> 3.335公顷
市亩 = 1/15公顷 -> 50市亩 = 3.33公顷
(现代汉语词典)


chica nueva
Local time: 20:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
I feel safer converting it to hectares. Thanks a lot, folks.
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