I cant find info ANYWHERE… so…
How many sqm is 1 ping??!?
I know this info is somewhere on this bloddy site…
3.305 Square meters, or 15.8109884 Square Cubits.
It’s also a tiny bit smaller than a Square Fathom if that helps.
BFM… if we still had guanxi accounts I’d give it all to you. Cheers mate.
Is a ping the same as the Japanese measure? The size of the tatami mats?
[quote=“Richardm”]Is a ping the same as the Japanese measure? The size of the tatami mats?[/quote]No, a ping is 1.999516 tatamis
Maybe you’re thinking of a pyong ? A ping is 0.9996975 pyong.
how much is a pong then?
I used to love playing ping-pyong. 
yeah… yeah… I know, I’m a bit :loco:
BFM is spot on.
1 ping is 3.30579 sqm or 35.5833 sqfoot.
There seems to be a popular misconception that 1 ping is the size of a tatami mat. It’s the size of two tatamis. To make it easy to conceptualise, that’s about the size of your average double bed.
If you want to know how big a 15 ping aprtment is, then remember that they usually quote you the official ping of the place which includes balcony and share of public areas like stairways etc, which will be particularly high in a big complex. Then they add on a couple of ping to make it sound better.
Brian
As apartment areas are often calculated in square feet, I prefer to use the 1 ping is (about) 36 square feet. Easy to make comparisions with other countries in Asia that way esp. HK.
I have never quoted apartment sizes in square feet in my life. What an archaic, stupid system.
Here’s a better way:
Go look at a few apartments. Ask how many pings they are.
Then when you want to visualize, say, 20 ping you have a clear picture in your mind of what that actually translates to.
I think I am right in saying that a ping is a tsubo, and one tsubo is the area covered by two tatami mats (a double bed!) And now the cool part - you can convert tsubos (pings) to square metres on this page, and this one, too.
I have never quoted apartment sizes in square feet in my life. What an archaic, stupid system.[/quote]
Que? What system would you use to describe the size of an apartment?I never cared about the square footage of an apartment before I got to Asia, because in Sydney if you rent a “two-bedroom” apartment you are pretty much guaranteed a certain liveable apartment size. Not the case in Asia, particularly in Hong Kong. Having a rough idea about square footage/pingage before wasting your time looking at an apartment is vitally important, especially if you have a family or like your space :uhhuh:
Of course, it’s just a rough guide, because as Brian said, it’s never an accurate measure of actual living space, but better than ‘oh, it’s very spacious, I promise, you’ll see’ 