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choon

  • \ʃun\

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Du chinois 寸, cùn.

noun choons

  1. obsolete Pouce chinois, valant 3,333 cm (exactement 1/30 mètre) par la promulgation en 1929. CHOON. Mesure de longueur des Chinois, appelée autrement thsun. Voyez ce mot. — À Fort-Marlborough, île Sumatra, le choon, 10ᵉ du cheoh, = 10 hoons et vaut 1.44 pouce anglais = 36.575 millimètres.

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"choon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/choon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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choon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/choon

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"choon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/choon.

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@misc{choon_2026,
  title = {choon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/choon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}