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The Han Chinese people can be defined into subgroups based on linguistic, cultural, ethnic, genetic, and regional features. The terminology used in Mandarin to describe the groups is: "minxi" (Chinese: 民系; pinyin: mínxì; Wade–Giles: min 2 hsi 4; lit. 'ethnic lineages', pronounced), used in Mainland China or "zuqun" (Chinese: 族群; pinyin: zúqún; Wade–Giles: tzu 2 ch'ün; lit ...
Pages in category "Subgroups of the Han Chinese" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Besides the Han Chinese majority, 55 other ethnic (minority) groups are categorized in present-day China, numbering approximately 105 million people (8%), mostly concentrated in the bordering northwest, north, northeast, south and southwest but with some in central interior areas.
Han Chinese can be divided into various subgroups based on the variety of Chinese that they speak. [54] [55] Waves of migration have occurred throughout China's long history and vast geographical expanse, engendering the emergence of Han Chinese subgroups found throughout the various regions of modern China today with distinct regional features.
Map of the Chinese Han dynasty in 2 CE. Names of non-Chinese peoples and states have been purposely left with their Chinese names (e.g. Dayuan instead of Fergana; Gaogouli instead of Goguryeo) to reflect the fact that knowledge of participants in the Han world order comes almost exclusively from Chinese sources.
Subgroups of the Han Chinese (10 C, 25 P) Pages in category "Han Chinese" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Han Chinese (Eastern Min, Southern Min, Leizhou people, Hainan people, Taiwanese people, Puxian people, Min-Vietnamese people), Ancient Minyue people† Min-speaking peoples ( simplified Chinese : 闽民系 ; traditional Chinese : 閩民系 ; pinyin : Mǐn mínxì ) are a major subgroup of ethnic Han Chinese people, speaking Min Chinese languages.
The Hakka (Chinese: 客家), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, [1] [3] or Hakka Chinese, [4] or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China and who speak a language that is closely related to Gan, a Han Chinese dialect spoken in Jiangxi province.