noun
liang
lyäng
noun
1
A traditional Chinese unit of weight, roughly 40 grams, historically also used to measure silver currency.
"The old recipe calls for one liang of ginger."
Word Forms
liang plural, liangs plural
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Etymology
From Mandarin Chinese liang, the standard romanization of a traditional weight-and-currency term.