tael

noun

Any of various units of weight used in eastern Asia, roughly equivalent to 38 grams (1 1/3 ounces).

noun

A unit of currency formerly used in China, equivalent in value to this weight of standard silver.

noun

The Chinese liang or ounce, equal to 1β…› ounces avoirdupois. See liang.

noun

A liang or ounce of β€œsycee,” or fine uncoined silver: the unit of monetary reckoning in China.

noun

A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third.

noun

Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams.

noun

Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver.

noun

leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (ζ–€) or 0.0377993638 kilograms

noun

a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces