OriginThe atonal Wade-Giles and pinyin romanization of the standard Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 兩 /两 (liǎng). Doublet of leung and yang.
- historicalSynonym of tael, a former Chinese unit of weight (about 40 g) and a related unit of silver currency.
- historicalAn ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, a promotion of the former march of Wei
- A surname from Chinese.
Formsliang(plural) · liangs(plural)