Babanyangnya (or native Chinese/overseas Chinese students) refers to the children of Ming Dynasty businessmen in China who married local Malays in the early 5th century and settled in Manraja (Malacca), Mamboi and Sri Lanka (Indonesia and Singapore). The man's name is Baba, and the woman's name is Niangjiao, commonly known as Baba Niangjiao.

In addition, Baba also refers to a Chinese ethnic group that calls itself Baba, that is, Baha 'i Chinese in Malacca and Penang today and Singapore before Malaysia's independence. They speak Malay and call themselves "native Chinese". In the Malay Peninsula in the19th century, this difference was obvious and important. "chan chan" is a local and "new guest" is an immigrant. Their living habits and political consciousness are different. Although most Chinese in Malaysia today are native-born, the word "native Chinese" has become a special self-address of "lonely people".