子母相权 / 子母相權

zǐ​mǔ​xiāng​quán

monetary adjustment

An ancient monetary theory regarding the circulation of coins, where light coins and heavy coins are weighed against each other to determine an exchange rate; also used more broadly to describe adjusting and balancing different currencies or resources.

子母 (literal) → 子母 · zǐ​mǔ · capital and interest 相 (literal) → 相 · xiāng · mutually 权 (literal) → 权/權 · quán · to weigh

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM