両 (loeng2 | liang3) : a unit of weight

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両

loeng2

liang3

[1] liang (a unit of weight, equal to 1/10 of jin or 50 gm)
[2] tael (a unit of weight, equal to 1/16 of catty or about 31 gm)

The written form 両 is the popular variant for the standard form 兩.

Stroke count: 6

Level: 2

Radical: 一 (#1)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

両

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 15:07

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半斤八両 bun3 gan1 baat3 loeng2 = six of one and half of a dozen of the other

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出咗半斤力，想話攞返足八両。粵
After giving half a catty of effort, all I'm asking for is to get back eight taels.
[From the song 《半斤八両》 by 許冠傑 (Sam Hui). Note: 1 catty (斤) equals 16 taels (両).]

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Decimal representation of this word: 両
Unicode code for this character: U+4e21 (off-site link)

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