Tael

Tael
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinliǎng
Wade–Gilesliang
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationléuhng
Jyutpingloeng5
Southern Min
Hokkien POJniú, nió•
Vietnamese name
Vietnameselượng, lạng
Hán-Nôm
Korean name
Hangul량 (N)/냥 (S)
Hanja
Transcriptions
Revised Romanizationryang (N) / nyang (S)
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillicлан
Mongolian scriptᠯᠠᠨ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNClan
Japanese name
Kanji
Hiraganaりょう(hist. りゃう)
Transcriptions
Romanizationryō
Malay name
Malaytahil / تهيل (Jawi)
Indonesian name
Indonesiantahil
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᠶᠠᠨ
Möllendorffyan
Khmer name
Khmerតាល
Tangut name
Tangut𗍬
Miyake transcription2lu3
Buryat name
Buryatлан
(Coin's diameter c. 2.5 cm)

Tael (/ˈtl/),[1] or liang, also known as the tahil and by other names, can refer to any one of several weight measures used in East and Southeast Asia. It usually refers to the Chinese tael, a part of the Chinese system of weights and currency. The Chinese tael was standardized to 50 grams in 1959.

In Hong Kong and Singapore, it is equivalent to 10 mace (Chinese: ; pinyin: qián) or 116 catty,[2][3] albeit with slightly different metric equivalents in these two places. These Chinese units of measurement are usually used in Chinese herbal medicine stores as well as gold and silver exchange.

  1. ^ "Tael" entry at the OED Online.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference hk_law was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Weights and Measures Act (CHAPTER 349) Third Schedule". Singapore Statutes. Government of Singapure. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

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