tael

Betekenis (Engels)

1. 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.
2. Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver.
3. (Hong-Kong) leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms

Synoniemen

ounce

Vertalingen

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/teɪl/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Portuguese tael, from Malay tahil. Doublet of tahil.