We have a common saying 面熟熟去米二斗 ming7 sêg8sêg8 ke3 bhi2 no6 dao2 - you can hear the story pertaining to this saying in this video.
ming7 means face and people from Gig'Io say face as mêng7
sêg8 has several meanings - it could mean cooked, ripe or familiar and in this example it means familiar
ke3 means to put on credit and the Mandarin word is 賒
bhi2 means rice as in uncooked rice
no6 means two
dao2 is a unit of measure
What is a measure of dao?
十升爲一斗
十斗爲一石
The above means 10 sêng1 equals to 1 dao2
10 dao2 equals to 1 dan3 石
From a Taiwan website it writes that 1 dao2 is equal to 11.5 Taiuang geng1 臺灣斤｜台湾斤
And this means the 2 dao is equal to 13,800 grams or 13.8 kilogram as 1 Taiuang geng is equal to 600 grams.
In China, 1 geng 斤 is equal to 500 grams
In Malaysia, Singapore 1 geng is equal to 604.8 grams
In Hiang Gang 1 geng is equal to 604.78982 grams
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