inch (english) – ing-tun

Written as yīngcùn or yingcun

See Chinese Mandarin and lengths

Note: The English inch is smaller than the Chinese inch.

Note: Ying in Chinese Mandarin means British.  

To remember that inch (unit of measurement) is pronounced ing-tun (yingcun) in Mandarin Chinese, use the following mnemonic:

It was just an inch long, but the ingot weighed a ton (ing-tun).