Zhuang

Zhuang

See also: zhuang, zhuàng, zhuāng, and zhuǎng

English

Alternative forms

• (from Wade–Giles) Chuang

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 壯／壮 (Zhuàng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒwɑŋ/[1]

Noun

Zhuang (plural Zhuangs or Zhuang)

1. A member of an ethnic group living mostly in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China.
   • [1975, “The Giant Ape”, in China Pictorial‎, number 5, ISSN 0009-4420, OCLC 671845184, page 44, column 3:

     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.]

Translations

people

Bouyei: Buxxuangh Burmese: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 壯族／壮族 (zh) (Zhuàngzú), 僮族 (zh) (Zhuàngzú) (dated) Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: please add this translation if you can Galician: zhuang Indonesian: please add this translation if you can Isan: please add this translation if you can Japanese: チワン族 (チワンぞく, Chiwan-zoku) Khmer: មនុស្សហ្សួង (mɔnuh žuəŋ) Korean: 좡족 (Jwangjok) Lao: please add this translation if you can Latvian: džuans m, džuani m pl Lü: ᦈᦸᧂᧉ (ṫsoang²) Malay: please add this translation if you can Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can Persian: قوم ژوانگ‎ Portuguese: zhuang (pt) m pl Russian: чжуа́н m (čžuán) Shan: please add this translation if you can Swedish: zhuang (sv) c Tagalog: please add this translation if you can Thai: จ้วง (jûang) Tibetan: ཀྲོང་མི (krong mi) Uyghur: جۇاڭزۇ مىللىتى‎ (juangzu milliti) Vietnamese: người Tráng White Hmong: please add this translation if you can Zhuang: Bouxcuengh

Proper noun

Zhuang

1. The language of these people, belonging to the Tai language group.

Translations

language

Burmese: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 壯語／壮语 (zh) (Zhuàng-yǔ), 僮語／僮语 (zh) (Zhuàng-yǔ) Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: please add this translation if you can Dutch: Zhuang (nl) n Finnish: zhuang (fi) French: zhuang (fr) m Galician: zhuang m German: Zhuang (de) n Green Hmong: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: bahasa Zhuang Japanese: チワン語 (ja) (Chiwan-go) Khmer: ភាសាហ្សួង (pʰiesaa žuəŋ) Korean: 좡어 (Jwang'eo) Lao: ພາສາຈ້ວງ (phā sā chūang) Latvian: džuanu valoda f Malay: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: zhuang (pt) m Russian: чжуа́нский язы́к m (čžuánskij jazýk), чжуа́нский m (čžuánskij), чжуа́н m (čžuán) Swedish: zhuang (sv), zhuang (sv) c Tagalog: please add this translation if you can Thai: ภาษาจ้วง (paa-săa jûang) Vietnamese: tiếng Tráng White Hmong: please add this translation if you can Zhuang: Vahcuengh

See also

• Guangxi

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code za, ISO 639-3 code zha (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Zhuang, zha ⁠, a macrolanguage including:

• Ethnologue entry for Central Hongshuihe Zhuang, zch ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Dai Zhuang, zhd ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Eastern Hongshuihe Zhuang, zeh ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Guibei Zhuang, zgb ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Guibian Zhuang, zgn ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Lianshan Zhuang, zln ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Liujiang Zhuang, zlj ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Liuqian Zhuang, zlq ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Minz Zhuang, zgm ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Nong Zhuang, zhn ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Qiubei Zhuang, zqe ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Yang Zhuang, zyg ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Yongbei Zhuang, zyb ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Yongnan Zhuang, zyn ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Youjiang Zhuang, zyj ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Zuojiang Zhuang, zzj ⁠

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 莊／庄 (Zhuāng). Doublet of Trang.

Pronunciation

• (anglicized) IPA^(key): /ʒwɑŋ/[2][3]

Proper noun

Zhuang

1. A surname from Chinese.

Translations

surname

Chinese: Cantonese: 莊, 庄 (yue) (zong1) Hakka: 莊, 庄 (Chông) Mandarin: 莊／庄 (zh) (Zhuāng) Min Nan: 莊 (zh-min-nan), 庄 (zh-min-nan) (Chng) Korean: 장(莊) (ko) (Jang) Latvian: Džuans m, Džuana f Russian: Чжуа́н (Čžuán) Vietnamese: Trang (莊 (vi))

References

1. “Guangxi Zhuang”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
2. Xiaowei Zhuang - 2019 NAS Award for Scientific Discovery, National Academy of Sciences
3. Zhuang Juzhong of the Asian Development Bank on Asian currencies, INSEAD

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Proper noun

Zhuang n

1. Zhuang (language)