"liang" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: liang [plural], liangs [plural]
Etymology: The atonal Wade-Giles and pinyin romanization of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 兩/两 (liǎng). Doublet of leung and yang. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{der|en|zh|兩|tr=liǎng}} Chinese 兩/两 (liǎng), {{doublet|en|leung|yang}} Doublet of leung and yang Head templates: {{en-noun|liang|liangs}} liang (plural liang or liangs)
  1. (chiefly historical) Synonym of tael, a former Chinese unit of weight (about 40 g) and a related unit of silver currency. Tags: historical Synonyms: tael [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-liang-en-noun-bBI41mQt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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