Subgroups of the Han ethnicity

In Mandarin: "minxi" (ethnic lineages) or "zuqun" (ethnic groups).

These two terms are mostly used in Mainland and Taiwan, respectively, referring to subgroups of the population known as the Han Chinese, whose mother tongue are languages of the Sinitic linguistic family, and who do not belong to one of People's Republic of China's 56 official minority ethnic groups of China.

Han subgroups are most easily grouped according to dialects, into several major groups:

# Northern and Northeastern
# Central Plain
# Shaanxi-Shanxi
# West of River
# Southwestern
# Huai-Yangtze
# Wu-Yue
# Hunan
# Ou-Yue
# Northern Min
# Eastern Min
# Southern Min
# Hakka
# Teochiu (Teochew)
# Cantonese
# Hainan
# Other minor subgroups include speakers of the Ping Chinese dialect, Danjia (Tanka), Peranakans, and Chuanqing people of Guizhou who are in the process of being assimilated by their more dominant neighbors.

Some might consider Overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese long established in Mongolia, Korea, and Southeast Asia to be separate subgroups of the Han Chinese.