tael

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Noun

1. Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams, and [[metricate]]d in [[Mainland China]] as exactly 50 grams.
2. Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in [[silver]].
3. {{lb|en|Hong Kong}} [[leung|Leung]], a traditional unit of [[weight]], in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a [[catty#Etymology 2|catty]] or [[kan#Etymology 3|kan]] ([[斤]]) or 0.0377993638 [[kilogram]]s

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