Malaysian Chinese

Malaysian Chinese
马来西亚华人 / 馬來西亞華人
Orang Cina Malaysia

Kek Lok Si Temple in Penang, during the Chinese New Year celebration.
Total population
6,642,000 23.4% of the Malaysian population (2016)
Regions with significant populations
Malaysia Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Johor, Perak, Selangor, Sarawak Australia Christmas Island Singapore (338,501 in 2010)
Languages
Malay, Mandarin, English, Cantonese, Foochow, Hakka, Hainanese, Hokkien, Teochew, and Hinghua; Manglish (creole)
Religion
Predominantly Mahayana Buddhism and Taoism (Chinese folk religion), significant Christianity, minorities Islam and Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Singaporean Chinese, Peranakan, Han Chinese, Southern Chinese, Overseas Chinese, Chinese Indonesians

Malaysia
Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Johor, Perak, Selangor, Sarawak
Australia
Christmas Island

The Malaysian Chinese or Chinese Malaysian (Chinese: trad , simp , pin Mǎláixīyà Huárén) consists of people of full or partial Chinese—particularly Han Chinese ancestry who were born in or immigrated to Malaysia. Most are the descendants who arrived between the early and the mid-20th century.

Malaysia is home to the second largest community of Overseas Chinese in the world, after Thailand. Within Malaysia, they are usually simply referred to as "Chinese" and represent the second largest ethnic group in Malaysia after the ethnic Malay majority.