yín​liǎng

silver currency

  • created sense approved 银两/銀兩 · yín​liǎng · silver currency — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    银两 / 銀兩

    yín​liǎng

    silver currency

    silver used as currency in former times; silver taels. It was named as such because silver was weighed in the unit of [[两|兩|liang3]]

    银 (literal) → 银/銀 · yín · silver 两 (literal) → 两/兩 · liǎng · liang

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

    created sense