Tael

Tael
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	兩
Simplified Chinese	两
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin liǎng Wade–Giles liang Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization léuhng Southern Min Hokkien POJ niú, nió•
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese	lượng, lạng
Hán-Nôm
Korean name
Hangul	량 (N)/냥 (S)
Hanja	兩
Transcriptions Revised Romanization nyang / ryang
Mongolian name
Mongolian	ᠯᠠᠨ / лан
Japanese name
Kanji	両
Hiragana	りょう(hist. りゃぅ)
Transcriptions Romanization ryō
Malay name
Malay	tahil
Indonesian name
Indonesian	tahil
Buryat name
Buryat	лан

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	liǎng
Wade–Giles	liang
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	léuhng
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	niú, nió•

Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	nyang / ryang

Transcriptions
Romanization	ryō

Tael (/ˈteɪl/;simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: liǎng) or tahil can refer to any one of several weight measures of the Far East. Most commonly, it refers to the Chinese tael, a part of the Chinese system of weights and currency.

In Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia it is equivalent to 10 mace (Chinese: 錢; pinyin: qián) or  ¹⁄₁₆ catty, albeit with slightly different metric equivalents in these two places. These Chinese units of measurement are usually used in Chinese herbal medicine stores as well as gold and silver exchange.

The English word tael comes through Portuguese from the Malay word tahil, meaning "weight". Early English forms of the name such as "tay" or "taes" derive from the Portuguese plural of tael, taeis.

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