tael (English, noun)
expansion: tael (plural taels)
Senses:
glosses: Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams, and metricated in Mainland China as exactly 50 grams.
glosses: Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver.
glosses: leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms
tags: Hong-Kong
Forms:
form: taels
tags: plural
form: tahil
tags: alternative