yīngliǎng

唡

Character · Measure word

ounce (alternative reading)

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

measure word

ounce (alternative disyllabic reading of 啢, see liǎng)

archaic

An alternative reading where the single character 啢 is pronounced as two syllables 'yīng liǎng', directly mapping to the meaning 'British ounce' (英两). This reading reflects the semantic composition of the character (representing 'ounce') rather than a standard phonetic reading.

Shāng商
rén人
chēng称
cǐ此
wù物
zhòng重
wǔ五
yīng英
liǎng两
 。

The merchant said this item weighs five ounces.

Jiù旧
shí时
jì记
zǎi载
zhōng中
cháng常
xiě写
zuò作
 '
liǎng啢
 '
ér而
dú读
zuò作
yīngy
liǎngī
 n
 g
 
 l
 i
 ǎ
 n
 g
 。

In old records, it was often written as 啢 but read as yīng liǎng.