CATTY

Catty

The catty or kati, symbol 斤, is a traditional Chinese unit of mass used across East and Southeast Asia, notably for weighing food and other groceries in some wet markets, street markets, and shops. Related units include the picul, equal to 100 catties, and the tael, which is of a catty. A stone is a former unit used in Hong Kong equal to 120 catties and a gwan is 30 catties. Catty or kati is still used in South East Asia as a unit of measurement in some contexts especially by the significant Overseas Chinese populations of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore .

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catty

Noun

  1. A (unit of) weight used in China, generally standardized as half a kilogram.

Adjective

  1. With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy or upset.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a cat.
    a catty smell


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