Zhuang

plural Zhuangs · alternative Chuang

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.

   [1975, “The Giant Ape”, in China Pictorial, number 5, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 44, column 3

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   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 Chuang in China, compared to 10 million Manchus, 7 million Uigurs, 5 million Mongols, and 4.5 million Tibetans. Since most of China’s 15 million Chuang live in Kuanghsi, hence the province’s distinction as the Kuanghsi Chuang Autonomous Region.

   壯族

   [2015, Bill Porter, “The Chuang [壯族]”, in South of the Clouds: Travels in Southwest China, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 23

alternative Chuang

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

alternative Chuang

1. A surname from Chinese.