English Explanatory Dictionary

liang

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of tael, a former Chinese unit of weight (about 40 g) and a related unit of silver currency.
name
  1. An ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, a promotion of the former march of Wei
  2. A surname from Chinese.
name
  1. A sub-sitio in the sitio of Ba-ay, barangay of Pito, Bokod, Benguet, Philippines.

Pronunciation

lyäng

Word forms

liang liangs

Etymology

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

Synonyms

tael Wei Ngwei
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