Zhuang

See also: zhuang, zhuàng, zhuāng, and zhuǎng

English

Alternative forms

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.]
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Proper noun

Zhuang

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

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.
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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

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Proper noun

Zhuang n

  1. Zhuang (language)
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