Liang (currency)

For other uses, see Liang.
Liang
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese兩
Simplified Chinese两
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinliǎng
Wade–Gilesliang
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationléuhng
Jyutpingloeng5
Southern Min
Hokkien POJniú, nió•
Vietnamese name
Vietnameselượng, lạng
Hán-Nôm兩
Korean name
Hangul량 (N)/냥 (S)
Hanja兩
Transcriptions
Revised Romanizationryang (N) / nyang (S)
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillicлан
Mongolian scriptᠯᠠᠨ
Transcriptions
SASM/GNClan
Japanese name
Kanji両
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

Liang (simplified Chinese: 两; traditional Chinese: 兩; pinyin: liǎng), or leung in Cantonese, also called "Chinese ounce" or "tael", was a traditional Chinese unit of currency measurement.

In China, there were many different weighting standards of liang currency depending on the region or type of trade. In general, the silver liang weighed around 40 grams (1.3 ozt). The most common government measurement was the Kuping (庫平; kùpíng; 'treasury standard') liang, weighing 37.5 grams (1.21 ozt). A common commercial weight, the Caoping (漕平; cáopíng; 'canal shipping standard') liang weighed 36.7 grams (1.18 ozt) of marginally less pure silver.


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