Where are the Zhuang people from?

Southern China
The Zhuang (/ˈdʒwæŋ, ˈdʒwɒŋ/) (Chinese: 壮族; pinyin: Zhuàngzú; Zhuang: Bouxcuengh) are a Tai-speaking ethnic group who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Southern China. Some also live in the Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Hunan provinces.

Who are the Zhuang Chinese?

The Zhuangs ethnic minority is China’s largest minority group. Its population of 15.55 million approaches that of Australia. Most of the Zhuangs live in southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which is nearly the size of New Zealand. The rest have settled in Yunnan, Guangdong, Guizhou and Hunan provinces.

What does the surname Zhuang mean?

Zhuang is a last name commonly found in United States among its Chinese community. It is the Mandarin transliteration of a Chinese surname meaning: farmstead, village, manor, place of business, banker (in a gambling game), grave or solemn, holdings of a landlord (in imperial China).

What are the Zhuang people known for?

Most of them inhabit Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, where they are almost a third of the population, and Yunnan Province. In history, they are known as a people who sometimes made alliances and carved out kingdoms and empires of their own around Guangxi and Yunnan.

What is the meaning of Zhuang?

Noun. Zhuang (plural Zhuangs or Zhuang) A member of an ethnic group living mostly in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China.

What’s the difference between Tai and Thai?

As a linguistic and historical term, ‘Tai’ refers to a branch of the Tai-Kadai family, while ‘Thai’ refers specifically to the language of Thailand. Widespread as the Tai-Kadai family is, only two languages have official status as national languages: Thai in Thailand and Lao in Laos.

Is Zhuang a Chinese name?

Zhuang is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written 庄 in simplified character and 莊 in traditional character. It is spoken in the first tone: Zhuāng.