Zhuang people

Zhuang people
壮族
Bouxcuengh
Zhuang people in ethnic clothes, Guangnan, 2008
Total population
18 million
Languages
Zhuang languages, Cantonese, Mandarin, Pinghua
Religion
Mo (majority)
Christianity, Buddhism, and Taoism (minority)
Related ethnic groups
Bouyei, Dai, Nùng, and Tày
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Zhuang people
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese壮族 or 僮族
Traditional Chinese壯族 or 僮族[1]
Hanyu PinyinZhuàngzú
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhuàngzú
Bopomofoㄓㄨㄤˋ   ㄗㄨˊ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhJuanqtzwu
Wade–GilesChuang4-tsu2
Yale RomanizationJwàngdzú
IPA[ʈʂwâŋ.tsǔ]
Wu
Romanizationzaon zoh
Hakka
RomanizationTsong-tshu̍k
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZong3 zuk6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJChàng-cho̍k
Teochew Peng'imTsàng-tsôk
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUCCáung-cŭk
Sawndip autonym
Chinese佈僮
Hanyu PinyinBùzhuàng
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBùzhuàng
IPA[pû.ʈʂwâŋ]
Zhuang name
ZhuangBouxcuengh (pronounced /pou˦˨ ɕueŋ˧/)

The Zhuang (/ˈwæŋ, ˈwɒŋ/;[2] Chinese: 壮族; pinyin: Zhuàngzú; Zhuang: Bouxcuengh [poːu˦˨ ɕeŋ˧]); Sawndip: 佈獞) 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. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. With the Bouyei, Nùng, Tày, and other Northern Tai speakers, they are sometimes known as the Rau or Rao people. Their population, estimated at 18 million people, makes them the largest minority in China.

  1. ^ . Chángyòng Guózì biāozhǔn zìtǐ bǐshùn xuéxí wǎng 常用國字標準字體筆順學習網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Guangxi Zhuang". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021.