Editing Tael (section)

== Current usage ==

The tael is still in use as a weight measurement in a number of countries though usually only in limited contexts. In English-speaking countries, measurement scales that support Tael as a unit will typically abbreviate it as "tl".

===Sinophone world===
==== Mainland China ====

China's standard ''market tael'' ({{lang-zh | c=市两| hp=shìliǎng| l=| links=no}}) of 31.25&nbsp;g was modified by the [[People's Republic of China]] in 1959. The new market tael was 50&nbsp;g or {{frac|10}} catty (500&nbsp;g) to make it compatible with [[metric system|metric]] measures. (see [[Chinese unit]] for details.) In Shanghai, silver is still traded in taels.

Some foodstuffs in China are sold in units also called "taels", but which do not necessarily weigh one tael. For cooked rice, the weight of the tael is approximated using special tael-sized ladles. Other items sold in taels include the ''[[shengjian mantou]]'' and the ''[[xiaolongbao]]'', both small [[baozi|bao buns]] commonly sold in Shanghai. In these cases, one tael is traditionally four and eight buns respectively.

==== Hong Kong and Singapore ====
The tael is a legal weight measure in [[Hong Kong]], and is still in active use.<ref name = "hk_law">{{cite web|title = Weights and Measures Ordinance |work = The Law of Hong Kong | url = http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_ind.nsf/e1bf50c09a33d3dc482564840019d2f4/4ed2ff0cf02f2fd9c82564760077af3c?OpenDocument }}</ref>  In Hong Kong, one tael is 37.799364167 g,<ref name = "hk_law"/> and in ordinance 22 of 1884 is {{frac|1|1|3}} [[ounce|oz. avoir.]] Similar to Hong Kong, in Singapore, one tael is defined as {{frac|1|1|3}} ounce and is approximated as 37.7994 g<ref name = "sg_law"/>

==== Taiwan ====
The Taiwan tael is 37.5&nbsp;g and is still used in some contexts. The Taiwan tael is derived from the tael or {{Nihongo||両|ryō}} of the [[Japanese units of measurement|Japanese system]] (equal to 10 ''momme'') which was 37.5&nbsp;g. Although the [[catty]] (equal to 16&nbsp;taels) is still frequently used in Taiwan, the tael is only used for precious metals and herbal medicines.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

===Elsewhere===
==== Thailand ====
The [[Thailand|Thai]] equivalent of the tael is known as the ''[[Thai units of measurement|tamlueng]]'', a term derived from [[Khmer language|Khmer]]. It was used as a unit of currency equal to four [[baht]]; nowadays, as a unit of weight it is fixed at 60&nbsp;grams.

==== Vietnam ====
[[File:Gold_lang_Tu_Duc_CdM.jpg|thumb|120px|Gold lạng (Tael) of [[Tự Đức]].]]

In [[French Indochina]], the colonial administration fixed the tael ''({{lang|vi|lạng}})'' as 100&nbsp;g, which is commonly used at food markets where many items typically weigh in the 100–900&nbsp;g range. However, a different tael (called {{lang|vi|cây}}, {{lang|vi|lạng}}, or {{lang|vi|lượng}}) unit of 37.5&nbsp;g is used for domestic transactions in gold. Real estate prices are often quoted in taels of gold rather than the local currency over concerns over [[monetary inflation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/weird-ways-people-buy-property|title=Weird ways people buy property|first=Shawn|last=Ng |date=September 13, 2017|website=The Edge Markets}}</ref>