Zhuang
/t͡ʃwɑŋ/
Zhuang noun: a member of an ethnic group living mostly in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China.
Noun
Zhuang (plural Zhuangs or Zhuang)
- A member of an ethnic group living mostly in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China.
- During the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution over 200 teeth of the giant ape were found in Chienshih County, Hupeh Province, and Pama County, the Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region.[1975, “The Giant Ape”, in China Pictorial, number 5, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 44, column 3
- THE OFFICIAL NAME of Kuanghsi province is the Kuanghsi Chuang Autonomous Region. Next to the Han Chinese, the Chuang are China’s largest ethnic group. That surprises people. Most people would think it was the Manchus, or the Uigurs, or the Mongols, or the Tibetans. But in 1990 there were 15 million...[2015, Bill Porter, “The Chuang [壯族]”, in South of the Clouds: Travels in Southwest China, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 23
Proper noun (1)
Zhuang
- The language of these people, belonging to the Tai language group.
Proper noun (2)
IPA/ʒwɑŋ/
Zhuang
- A surname from Chinese.
Zhuang meaning in Malay, Indonesian, Persian and Thai
Zhuang in Malay
- people
- orang Zhuan
- language
- bahasa Zhuang
Zhuang in Indonesian
- language
- bahasa Zhuang
Zhuang in Persian
- people
- قوم ژوانگ
Zhuang in Thai
- people
- จ้วง jûang
- language
- ภาษาจ้วง paa-săa jûang
More languagesFewer languages
- Zhuang in Vietnamese
- người Tráng, tiếng Tráng, Trang
Forms of Zhuang
| plural | Zhuangs |
|---|---|
| plural | Zhuang |
| alternative form | Chuang |
Origin of Zhuang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 壯 /壮 (Zhuàng).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 莊 /庄 (Zhuāng). Doublet of Trang.
Words formed from Zhuang
Questions about Zhuang
- What does Zhuang mean?
- Zhuang means a member of an ethnic group living mostly in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China.
- What is Zhuang in Malay?
- Zhuang in Malay is orang Zhuan, bahasa Zhuang. See Zhuang meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is Zhuang?
- Zhuang can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Zhuang?
- Zhuang is pronounced /t͡ʃwɑŋ/.
- What is the plural of Zhuang?
- The plural of Zhuang is Zhuangs.
Words near Zhuang in the dictionary
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