Chiyero chekupimisa

Chiyero chekupimisa (kureva Unit of measurement) zvinoreva mwero une huwandu hwakatarwa pamitemo yenyika kana Pasirose, kuti uve chidzikwe chinoshandiswa pakupima mhando yehuwandu ihwohwo.

Somuenzaniso kana tichipima nhambwe tinoshandisa chiyero chinonzi mita.

Pasirose sangano re International Organisation for Standardization ndiro rine hugabe hwekutara zvidzikwe zvinoshandiswa pakupima mipimo yakasiyana-siyana.

• Mwerero zvinoreva mudziyo unoshandiswa kupimisa zvinhu.
• Mueresero kana Mueresera (Exact quantity required) zvinoreva huwandu hwakati gejegeje nehuri kudiwa.

Mipanguro ye Zviyero zvekupimisa

Pane mipanguro yakasiyana inoshandisa panoringwa zvekupima, nechikonzero chekuti pane zviro zvepasirose nechadenga zvinopimwa.

Nhambwe ne Hurefu

	Chishona			Chingezi
	mbimwani	nm		nanometer	nm	10⁻⁹ m
	mbimwadatu	dm		micrometer	µm	10⁻⁶ m
	mbimwauru	um		Millimeter	mm	0.001 m
	zanambimwa	zm		centimeter	cm	0.01 m
	mbimwa / mita	m		meter	m	base SI unit
	keimbimbwa / kiromita	km		kilometer	km	1000 m
	rinji	nj		inch	in	2.54 cm
	rishoka	rs		foot	ft	12 inches = 30.48 cm
	rivazhe	rv		yard	yd	3 feet = 0.914 m
	ridanho	rd		mile	mi	1 760 yards = 1.609 km
	ridanho rechiandhle	rcd		nautical mile	nmi	1 852 m
	pfatu	pf		fathom		6 feet = 1.828 m
	kebhuru	kb		cable length		185 m (for navigation)
	chiyero cheupanganyeredzi	CU		astronomical unit	AU	~149.6 million km (Earth → Sun)
	mufambo wechiedza	fc		light year		distance light travels in one year ≈ 9.46 trillion km
	paseki	pk		parsec	pc	3.26 light years

Unda

	Chishona			Chingezi
	skweya yirumbimwa	mm²		square millimeter	mm²	1/1,000,000 m²
	skweya sendembimwa	sm²		square centimeter	cm²	1/10,000 m²
	skweya mbimwa	m²		square meter	m²	base unit (1 m × 1 m)
	arei	a		are	a	100 m² (not common today)
	hekita	ha		hectare	ha	10,000 m² = 100 ares
	skweya kerombimwa	km²		square kilometer	km²	1,000,000 m²
	skweya renji	sk nj / nj²		square inch	sq in/ in²	6.4516 m²
	skweya rerishoka	sk rs / rs²		square foot	sq ft / ft²	0.0929 m²
	skweya rerichivazhe	sk rv/ rv²		square yard	sq yd / yd²	0.836 m²
	ekha	sk ek /ek²		acre		4 046.86 m² (43,560 ft²)
	skweya reridanho	sk rd / rd²		square mile	sq mi /mi²	2.59 km²

Huremu ne Sebhe

	Chishona			Chingezi
	jikwiru	jw		milligram	mg	0.001 g
	jii	j		gram	g	base unit
	keiji	kj		kilogram	kg	1 000 g
	toni	t		tonne / metric ton	t	1 000kg
	kwinthari	kw		quintal	q	100 kg (less common)
	onzi			ounce	oz	≈ 28.35 g
	paundi			pound	lb	16 ounces = 0.4536 kg
	dombo			stone	st	14 lb ≈ 6.35 kg (UK use)

 Mumhu ne Chikwaniso

	Chishona			Chingezi
	ritayiru	yr		milliliter	ml	0.001 L
	ritayana	sr		centiliter	cl	0.01 L
	ritawumi	dr		deciliter	dl	0.1 L
	rita	R		liter	L	base unit
	keirita	kR		kiloliter	kL	1 000L
	kyubhu mbimwa	ky m/m³		cubic meter	m³	1 000L
	tsvutupunu / tsvutunhoko	ttp/ttn		teaspoon	tsp	≈ 4.93 ml
	tafurapunu / tafuranhoko	tfp / tfn		tablespoon	tbsp	≈ 14.8 ml
	onzi remadzi	ma oz		fluid ounce	fl oz	≈ 29.6 ml
	komichi	kom		cup		≈ 273 ml
	pindi	pd		pint	pt	≈ 473 ml (US) / 658 (UK)
	koriti	kt		quart	qt	0.95 L (US) /1.13L (UK)
	ghaloni	gha		gallon	gal	3.78 L (US) / 4.55 L (UK)

Nguva

	Chepiri	c	hwaro rezviyero		Second	s
	Piriwuru	pu			Millisecond	ms
	Mhindi	m	zvepiri zvema-60		Minute	m
	Rinhambo	nh	mamhindi ema-60		Hour	h/hr
	Zuva	Z	manhambo ma-24		Day	d
	Svondo / Vhiki	Svo / Vh	mazuva manomwe		Week	w
	Mwedzi	Mwe	mazuva ma-30		Month	mon
	Gore	Go	mwedzi guminembiri; mazuva ma-365		Year	yr
	Gumikati; Mukumikati	Gk	makore makumi		Decade
	Mukorezana; Zanagore	Mk	makore mazana		Century
	Wurukati	Wk	makore mauru; chiuru chemakore		Millenium

Mari

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Mamwe Mazwi

Mazwi ari pandima ino ndeekuzama kuumba mutauro, haako kuChiShona chemazuva ose.

• Chimotsi cheMbimo (Unit of measure).
• Chimotsi cheHuremu (Unit of Mass).
• Chimotsi cheNhambwe (Unit of distance).

Mitauro yeBantu

• Mururimi rweLuwanga vanoti okhuyerana (to be equal).
• VaGwere vanoti kugera (v. weigh, measure, estimate, gauge; make an assessment of the weight or value of something) vachireva kuyera.
• VaGwere vanoti kugereka (v. determine, set bounds or limits) vachireva kuyera kana kutara miganhu. Mamwe mazwi: kugereesa (v. guestimate, surmise, imagine to be the case or true or probable).
• Baila vanoti ku eleka (to measure) vachireva kuyera. Mamwe mazwi: ku ela (to be fit, to fit exactly) vachireva kukwanirana.

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