Chinese Malaysians

E54459

Chinese Malaysians are a major ethnic minority in Malaysia, largely descended from Chinese immigrants, who play a significant role in the country’s commerce, culture, and politics while maintaining distinct linguistic and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chinese Malaysians canonical 11
Chinese Malaysian 1
Malaysian Chinese 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
ethnic minority in Malaysia
citizenship Malaysian
continent Asia
country Malaysia
culturalPractice Chinese New Year celebrations
Chinese clan associations
Chinese vernacular education
Dragon dance
Hungry Ghost Festival observance
Lion dance
Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations
Qingming Festival observance
linked to: Qingming Festival
demographicCharacteristic predominantly urban
diasporaComponentOf Chinese diaspora
economicSectorInvolvement manufacturing
retail trade
services
educationInstitutionType Chinese independent high schools
Chinese national-type primary schools (SJK(C))
ethnicOrigin Han Chinese
historicalMigrationFrom Fujian
Guangdong
linked to: Guangdong Province

Southern China
linked to: southern China
historicalMigrationPeriod 19th century
early 20th century
historicalRole development of rubber industry in Malaya
development of tin mining in Malaya
language Cantonese
English
Hainanese
linked to: Hainanese language

Hakka
Hokkien
linked to: Hakka

Malay
Mandarin Chinese
Teochew
legalStatus non-Bumiputera group in Malaysia
mainSettlement Ipoh
Johor Bahru
Kota Kinabalu
Kuala Lumpur
Kuching
Malacca City
linked to: Malacca

Penang
maintainsDistinct cultural traditions
linguistic traditions
majorEthnicMinorityIn Malaysia
nationalLanguage Malay
notableCuisineContribution Malaysian Chinese cuisine
hawker food culture in Malaysia
politicalPartyTraditionallySupported Democratic Action Party
Malaysian Chinese Association
politicalRepresentationIn Malaysian Parliament
primaryAncestralOrigin China
primarySecondLanguage English
region Southeast Asia
relatedGroup Chinese Filipinos
Chinese Indonesians
Chinese Singaporeans
Chinese Thais
Chinese Vietnamese
linked to: Chinese

Han Chinese
Overseas Chinese
religion Buddhism
Chinese folk religion
Christianity
Islam
Taoism
no religion
scriptUsed Chinese characters
Latin alphabet
significantRoleIn commerce in Malaysia
education in Malaysia
industry in Malaysia
politics in Malaysia
urban economy in Malaysia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malaysia hasEthnicGroup Chinese Malaysians
Kuala Lumpur hasEthnicGroup Chinese Malaysians
Penang ethnicGroup Chinese Malaysians
Sabah hasEthnicGroup Chinese Malaysians
Overseas Chinese communities hasSubgroup Chinese Malaysians
Chinese Filipinos relatedGroup Chinese Malaysians
Chinese Singaporeans relatedGroup Chinese Malaysians
Malaysian Chinese Association ethnicConstituency Malaysian Chinese
linked to: Chinese Malaysians
Tenom hasEthnicGroup Chinese Malaysians
Teoh usedByEthnicGroup Chinese Malaysians
Goh isUsedBy Chinese Malaysians
Vincent Tan ethnicGroup Chinese Malaysian
linked to: Chinese Malaysians