Except it's not. It's simply a completely different and unrelated unit of measurement, which was dubbed colloquially in the west "Chinese inch". Calling it a "Cinese knockoff inch" is like calling the yard a "US knockoff meter".

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean, that's a valid assessment of the yard as well if you're looking at it from a comedy perspective.

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes, calling the yard a knockoff of the meter would be kind of funny, especially since it predates it by about a thousand years. And calling the cun a knockoff of the inch is similar, since it predates that by another thousand years.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Just like how Hydrox are just knockoff Oreos!