tael

== English == === Alternative forms === tahil === Etymology === From Portuguese tael, from Malay tahil. Doublet of tahil. === Pronunciation === enPR: tāl, IPA(key): /teɪl/ Homophones: tail, tale Rhymes: -eɪl === Noun === tael (plural taels) Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams, and metricated in Mainland China as exactly 50 grams. Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver. (Hong Kong) leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms ==== Coordinate terms ==== zhu, jin/catty ==== Derived terms ==== Haikwan tael market tael ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === teal, et. al, atel-, LATE, late, TEAl, Elta, et al., TEAL, et al, Teal, tela, leat, EATL, ETLA, tale == Italian == === Noun === tael m (invariable) tael (any of several eastern Asian units of measure) tael (any of several eastern Asian monetary units) === Further reading === tael in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Italiana (1937), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Malay tahil. === Pronunciation === === Noun === tael m (plural taéis) tael (any of several eastern Asian units of measure) tael (any of several eastern Asian monetary units) === Further reading === “tael”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tael”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taˈel/ [t̪aˈel] Rhymes: -el Syllabification: ta‧el === Noun === tael m (plural taeles) tael === Further reading === “tael”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025