Burmese units or the Burmese system is a collection of units of measurement used in Burma. Burma is one of three countries that still predominantly uses a non-metric system

Metrication

Metrication refers to the introduction and use of the SI metric system, the international standard for physical measurements. This has involved a long process of independent and systematic conversions of countries from various local systems of weights and measures. Metrication began in France in...

 of measure (beside the US and Liberia

Liberia

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). However, in June 2011, the Burmese government's Ministry of Commerce began discussing proposals to reform the measurement system in Burma and adopt the metric system used by most of its trading partners.

Most Burmese units are used solely in the nation but Burmese government web pages in English use imperial and metric

Metric system

The metric system is an international decimalised system of measurement. France was first to adopt a metric system, in 1799, and a metric system is now the official system of measurement, used in almost every country in the world...

 units. For instance, the Ministry of Agriculture uses acres for land areas. The Ministry of Construction uses miles to describe the length of roads, and square feet for the size of housing constructed but square kilometres for the total land area of new town developments in Yangon City. Also, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs uses kilometres (with mile equivalents in parentheses) to describe the dimensions of the country.

Length

Table of length units

Unit		Metric		Imperial/US				Ratio to previous
Burmese	Romanized	millimetre Millimetre The millimetre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length.... s	metre Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology... s	inches	feet	yards	miles
	sanchi	0.079375	0.000079375	0.003125	0.00026
	hnan	0.79375	0.00079375	0.03125	0.002604			10
	mayaw	4.7625	0.0047625	0.1875	0.015625			6
	let thit	19.05	0.01905	0.75	0.0625			4
	maik	152.4	0.1524	6	0.5			8
	htwa	228.6	0.2286	9	0.75			1.5
	taung	457.2	0.4572	18	1.5	0.5		2
	lan	1828.8	1.8288	72	6	2		4
	ta	3200.4	3.2004	126	10.5	3.5		1.75
	out-thaba (from Pali usaba)	64008.0	64.008	2520	210	70		20
	kawtha (from Pali kosa)	1280160.0	1280.16	50400	4200	1400	0.7954	20
	ga-wout (from Pali gavuta)	5120640.0	5120.64	201600	16800	5600	3.1818	4
	yuzana (from Pali yojana)	20482560.0	20482.56	806400	67200	22400	12.7272	4

Mass

Table of mass units

Unit		Metric		Imperial/US			Ratio to previous
Burmese	Romanized	gram Gram The gram is a metric system unit of mass.... s	kilograms	grains	ounces	pounds
	yway lay	0.136077706	0.000136078	2.100317
	yway gyi	0.272155412	0.000272155	4.200635			2
	petha	1.020582833	0.001020583	15.75238			3.75
	mutha	2.041165665	0.002041166	31.50476			2
	mattha	4.08233133	0.004082331	63.009539			2
	nga mutha	8.16466266	0.008164662	126.019078	0.291710		2
	kyattha	16.32932532	0.016329325	252.038156	0.583421		2
	awettha	204.1165665	0.204116567	3150.476955	7.292770	0.455798	12.5
	aseittha	408.233133	0.408233133	6300.953910	14.585541	0.911596	2
	ngase tha	816.466266	0.816466266	12601.907820	29.171082	1.823192	2
	ta peitha	1632.932532	1.632932532	25203.815641	58.342165	3.646385	2
	achein taya	16329.32532	16.32932532	252038.15641	583.42165	36.46385	10

Volume

Table of volume units

Unit		Metric		Imperial			Ratio to previous
Burmese	Romanized	millilitres	litre Litre pic|200px|right|thumb|One litre is equivalent to this cubeEach side is 10 cm1 litre water = 1 kilogram water The litre is a metric system unit of volume equal to 1 cubic decimetre , to 1,000 cubic centimetres , and to 1/1,000 cubic metre... s	fluid ounce Fluid ounce A fluid ounce is a unit of volume equal to about 28.4 mL in the imperial system or about 29.6 mL in the US system. The fluid ounce is distinct from the ounce, which measures mass... s	pint Pint The pint is a unit of volume or capacity that was once used across much of Europe with values varying from state to state from less than half a litre to over one litre. Within continental Europe, the pint was replaced with the metric system during the nineteenth century... s	gallon Gallon The gallon is a measure of volume. Historically it has had many different definitions, but there are three definitions in current use: the imperial gallon which is used in the United Kingdom and semi-officially within Canada, the United States liquid gallon and the lesser used United States dry... s
	la myu	7.9909507	0.007990951	0.28124
	la myet	15.9819014	0.015981901	0.56248			2
	la me	31.9638029	0.031963803	1.12496			2
	sa le	63.9276059	0.063927606	2.24993	0.11249		2
	hkwet	127.855211	0.127855212	4.49987	0.22499		2
	pyi	255.71042	0.255710424	8.99974	0.44998		2
	seit	1022.84169	1.02284169	35.99899	1.79994		4
	hkwe	2045.68339	2.04568339	71.99798	3.599899	0.44998	2
	tin	40913.6679	40.9136679	1439.95980	71.99799	8.99974	20

Money

Table of money units

Unit		Equivalent to
Romanized	Burmese
1 pya
1 mat		25 pya
5 mu		2 mat
1 kyat		10 mu