waan4鍰锾
Jyutpingwaan4
Yalewàahn
Definition
Ancient unit of weight, or coins and rings.
- archaicancient unit of weight
- literarycoins; money
- archaicring
writtenother
How it's used
Literary and historical in nature, this term is almost exclusively encountered in academic texts or period dramas. It refers to a specific weight or currency value from the Warring States period, making it entirely absent from modern daily speech. Most native speakers would only recognize it through formal education or historical media.
Examples
This antique uses the 'huan' as a unit of measurement.
Do you know how the ancient 'huan' was calculated?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not attempt to use this in a modern financial context, as it would sound bizarrely archaic. It is strictly a historical term and cannot be used to describe modern money or weights.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
