Standard Lemma guide

Zhuang

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /t͡ʃwɑŋ/
  • /d͡ʒwɑŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ʒwɑŋ/ anglicized

1

name

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A surname from Chinese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A member of an ethnic group living mostly in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a branch of the Tai languages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Tai

History

Etymology

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

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

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 壯語 /壮语 (Zhuàng-yǔ) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 僮語 /僮语 (Zhuàng-yǔ) — language
  • Dutch: Zhuang — language
  • Finnish: zhuang — language
  • French: zhuang — language
  • Galician: zhuang — language
  • German: Zhuang — language
  • Indonesian: bahasa Zhuang — language
  • Japanese: チワン語 (Chiwan-go) — language
  • Khmer: ភាសាហ្សួង (phiesaa žuəŋ) — language
  • Korean: 좡어 (Jwang'eo) — language
  • Lao: ພາສາຈ້ວງ (phā sā chūang) — language
  • Latvian: džuanu valoda — language
  • Malay: bahasa Zhuang — language
  • Portuguese: zhuang — language
  • Russian: чжуа́нский язы́к (čžuánskij jazýk) — language
  • Russian: чжуа́нский (čžuánskij) — language
  • Russian: чжуа́н (čžuán) — language
  • Swedish: zhuang — language
  • Swedish: zhuang — language
  • Thai: ภาษาจ้วง (paa-săa jûang) — language
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Tráng — language
  • Zhuang: Vahcuengh — language
  • Chinese Cantonese: 莊 /庄 (zong1) — surname
  • Hakka Chinese: 莊 /庄 (Chông) — surname
  • Chinese: 莊 /庄 (zh-min-nan) — surname
  • Chinese Mandarin: 莊 /庄 (Zhuāng) — surname
  • Korean: 장 (Jang) — surname
  • Latvian: Džuans — surname
  • Latvian: Džuana — surname
  • Russian: Чжуа́н (Čžuán) — surname
  • Vietnamese: Trang — surname
  • Bouyei: Buxxuangh — people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 壯族 /壮族 (Zhuàngzú) — people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 僮族 (Zhuàngzú) — people
  • Galician: zhuang — people
  • Japanese: チワン族 (Chiwan-zoku) — people
  • Khmer: មនុស្សហ្សួង (mɔnuh žuəŋ) — people
  • Korean: 좡족 (Jwangjok) — people
  • Latvian: džuans — people
  • Latvian: džuani — people
  • : ᦈᦸᧂᧉ (ṫsoang2) — people
  • Malay: orang Zhuan — people
  • Persian: قوم ژوانگ — people
  • Portuguese: zhuang — people
  • Russian: чжуа́н (čžuán) — people
  • Swedish: zhuang — people
  • Thai: จ้วง (jûang) — people
  • Tibetan: ཀྲོང་མི (krong mi) — people
  • Uyghur: جۇاڭزۇ مىللىتى (juangzu milliti) — people
  • Vietnamese: người Tráng — people
  • Xibe: ᡪᡠᠸᠠᡢᡯᡠ ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ (juwangdzu uksura) — people
  • Zhuang: Bouxcuengh — people
Real reading context

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