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liang¹

Where it comes from

The atonal Wade-Giles and pinyin romanization of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 兩 /两 (liǎng). Doublet of leung and yang.

noun liang · liangs

  1. historical Synonym of tael, a former Chinese unit of weight (about 40 g) and a related unit of silver currency.

    Similar: tael

Liang²

Where it comes from

From Mandarin 梁 (Liáng). Doublet of Niu.

proper noun

  1. historical An ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, a promotion of the former march of Wei

    Similar: Wei, Ngwei

  2. A surname from Chinese.

Liang³

proper noun

  1. A sub-sitio in the sitio of Ba-ay, barangay of Pito, Bokod, Benguet, Philippines.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hon, chih, beam, yang, kwang, legend, good, tj, grain, chou, chang, ko, leong, chao, leung, chiang

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@misc{liang_2026,
  title = {liang},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/liang},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}