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liang.

Synonym of tael, a former Chinese unit of weight (about 40 g) and a related unit of silver currency.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Synonym of tael, a former Chinese unit of weight (about 40 g) and a related unit of silver currency.

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Where this word comes from

The atonal Wade-Giles and pinyin romanization of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 兩 /两 (liǎng). Doublet of leung and yang.

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