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liang

liang noun: synonym of tael, a former Chinese unit of weight (about 40 g) and a related unit of silver currency.

Noun

liang (plural liang or liangs)

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

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Liang

Liang

  1. (historical) An ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, a promotion of the former march of Wei
    Synonyms:
    Wei, Ngwei
  2. A surname from Chinese.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Liang

Liang

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

liang meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

liang in Hindi

लियांग, ल्यांग

liang in Tamil

லியாங்

liang in Marathi

लियांग

liang in Urdu

لیانگ
More languagesFewer languages
liang in Bengali
লিয়াং
liang in Telugu
లియాంగ్
liang in Malayalam
ലിയാങ്
liang in Kannada
ಲಿಯಾಂಗ್
liang in Punjabi
ਲੀਆਂਗ, ਲਿਆਂਗ, ਲੀਆੰਗ
liang in Gujarati
લિયાંગ
liang in Odia
ଲିଆଙ୍ଗ, ଲିଯ଼ାଙ୍ଗ, ଲିଯ଼ାଙ୍ଗ୍
liang in Nepali
लियाङ, लियांग

Synonyms of liang

Forms of liang

pluralliang
pluralliangs

Plural of liang: liang or liangs

Origin of liang

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

From Mandarin 梁 (Liáng). Doublet of Niu.

Questions about liang

What does liang mean?
Liang means synonym of tael, a former Chinese unit of weight (about 40 g) and a related unit of silver currency.
What is liang in Hindi?
Liang in Hindi is लियांग, ल्यांग. See Liang meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is liang?
Liang can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of liang?
The plural of liang is liang.

Words near liang in the dictionary

  1. Liancourt
  2. Liancourt Rocks
  3. liandratite
  4. liane
  5. lianes
  6. liang
  7. Liang-tzu-hu
  8. Lianga
  9. Liangan
  10. Liangguang
  11. Lianghe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: liang (page history and authors); Liang (page history and authors); liang (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liang (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liang (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liang (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liang (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liang (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liang (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liang (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liang (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liang (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liang (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); liang (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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