candareen

English

Alternative forms

• candarin, condrin (obsolete)

Etymology

From Malay kanduri.

Noun

candareen (plural candareens)

1. A traditional unit of weight in East Asia, approximately 378 milligrams and equivalent to ten cash. A troy candareen is approximately 374 milligrams.

Synonyms

• hoon (historical, Asia)

Translations

unit of weight

• Buryat: пүн (pün)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 分 (fan¹)

  Mandarin: 分 (zh) (fēn)

• Japanese: 分 (ja) (ふん, fun)
• Korean: 푼 (ko) (pun)
• Malay: kenderi, keneri
• Mongolian: пүн (mn) (pün)
• Russian: фынь (ru) (fynʹ), фэнь (fɛnʹ)
• Vietnamese: phân (vi)