Zhuang

//t͡ʃwɑŋ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a branch of the Tai languages spoken by the Zhuang people; used in southern China wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The language of these people, belonging to the Tai language group.
  2. 2
    A surname from Chinese.

Example

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"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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 壯 /壮 (Zhuàng).

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 莊 /庄 (Zhuāng). Doublet of Trang.

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