Speaking generally a tael was worth, during my journey, three shillings, that is to say, forty cash were equivalent to one penny.
The payment of the indemnity instalments occasioned some dispute owing to the fall in silver in 1902, but the rise in the value of the tael in subsequent years led China to agree to the payment of the indemnity on a gold basis.
For purposes of taxation and payment of duties there is a standard or treasury tael, which is about 10% heavier than the tael of commerce in use at Shanghai.
In this article the tael used as a standard is the Haikwan (i.
It must be remembered that the Haikwan tael is here indicated.
The government has decided to establish a uniform system of currency consisting of gold, silver and copper, the silver tael to remain the unit.
The monetary unit is called a tael and, if coined, would weigh about one and one-third times the Mexican dollar, but no coins of this denomination are in circulation.
The tael is 580, and the approximation is as near as we can reasonably expect from a calculation in such terms.
Behold, for half-a-tael of silver you may purchase immunity from his discreditable persistence for seven days; here is the acknowledgement duly made out and attested.
This is our spoken word in consequence: in place of one tael every man among us shall now take two, and he who before has laboured eight gongs to receive it shall henceforth labour four.
Each province or group of provinces has its own standard tael, differing greatly in value from the tael which may be the basis of value in the next province or group.
For example, if one gold tael was given that he might be adopted when the first father died, the child was given [in inheritance] two taels.
Yet, were it suggested that another servant should be added to our senior's staff, then in this way one could reduce the tael she gets.
How ever could I have been such a fool to-day," he proceeded, "as to go and throw away a tael or two to purchase this bird?
Then raising the steelyard, "Which is the one tael mark?
A tael from each of you will be ample, but send your money to me here!
The value given to the tael in the sterling money, is that which is found on the books of the East India company: that given to the dollar, is the extremes of its value.
A tael equals sixty-five cents at the present rate of exchange.
One tael weight of black dog's fat three kandareems of silver.
Our ninety-nine cash idols are worth a tael a set.
As the reward of a tael cannot be unwelcome to a person of your inferior appearance and unpresentable garments, take up your box without delay, and follow the one who is now before you.
When Tael was drawn toward the rock, he saw a few small trees growing on it.
Three tsien two fen (thirty-two tael cents) was the highest I paid until I got to Tengyueh, where rupee money came into circulation, and where expense of living was considerably higher.
They received thirty-two tael cents per man per diem, and for the stopping days on the road one hundred cash.
Complaining as he took what Lihoa had brought, he weighed the fish and poured the oysters out in a heap to estimate their value, then handed the old Chinaman a tael ($1.
The weight of a tael is one and one-eighth ounces.
The tael is a Chinese money of account, worth formerly about $1.
A pair of shoes is worth a half-tael of gold, which would be the tribute of eight Indians.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tael" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
