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The correct spelling is tales.
How to pronounce tales
/teɪlz/
nounIPA: /teɪlz/
Say it like: Tal-es
The correct spelling is tales. Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams. For example: "Don't tell tales!"
Usage Examples
“Don't tell tales!”
“the Canterbury Tales”
Definition
noun
- 1.Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams.
- 2.Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver.
- 3.Leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms
- 4.An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
- 5.A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
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