Kwan Generation Name Poem - Details
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Click to hear the entire poem: Cantonese, Toisaanwa or Mandarin. (.mp3 files)
Note 1: Some of the generations have two Chinese characters because I got the information about this poem from two different Kwan families (my daddy and P.W. Kwan's).
Note 2: Check out the Chinese language page if you're wondering what tradational, tradational, Cantonese, Toisan, and Mandarin mean.
| Generation | tradational | simplified | Cantonese | Toisan | Mandarin | definition |
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| 1st | 修 | sau 1 | T | xiu 1 | to build | |
| 2nd | 德 | dak 1 | T | de 2 | virtues, morals | |
| 3rd | 象 | zoeng 6 | T | xiang 4 | appearance | |
| 4th | 賢 | 贤 | jin 4 | T | xian 2 | virtuous |
| 5th | 君 | gwan 1 | T | jun 1 |
a king;
a man of virtue |
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| 6th | 必 | bit 1 | T | bi 4 | most certainly, must | |
| 7th | 汝 | jyu 5 | T | ru 3 | you | |
| 8th | 顯 | 显 | hin 2 | T | xian 3 |
evident, clear;
well known |
| 9th |
宏
or 弘 |
wang 4 | T | hong 2 | grand, magnificent | |
| 10th | 仁 | jan 4 | T | ren 2 | benevolent | |
| 11th | 定 | ding 6 | T | ding 4 | stable, fix, unalterable | |
| 12th | 國 | 国 | gwok 3 | T | guo 2 | country |
| 13th | 崇 | sung 4 | T | chong 2 | to respect; to worship; noble, exalted | |
| 14th | 勳 | 勋 | fan 1 | T | xun 1 | achievement |
| 15th | 則 | 则 | zak1 | T | ze 2 | law, rule |
| 16th |
天
or |
tin 1 | T | tian 1 | sky; the heavens | |
| 勸 | 劝 | hyun 4 | T | quan 4 | to urge; to advise | |
| 17th | 開 | 开 | hoi 1 | T | kai 1 | open |
| 18th | 基 | gei 1 | T | ji 1 | base, foundation | |
| 19th | 澤 | 泽 | zaak 6 | T | ze 2 | pond |
| 20th |
懋
or 茂 |
mau 6 | T | mao 4 | grand, majestic | |
| 21th | 繼 | 继 | gai 3 | T | ji 4 |
to continue;
to inherit |
| 22th | 業 | 业 | jip 6 | T | ye 4 | industry; profession; estate |
| 23rd | 光 | gwong 1 | T | guang 1 | light, brightness; glory, honor | |
| 24th | 先 | xin 1 | T | xian 1 | first; before | |
| 25th | 祚 | zou 6 | T | zuo 4 | throne; blessing | |
| 26th | 胤 | jan 6 | T | yin 4 | long succession of ancestors | |
| 27th | 恆 | 恒 | hang 4 | T | heng 2 | permanent, constant |
| 28th | 錫 | 锡 | sek 3 | T | xi 1 | tin; to bestow |
| 29th | 創 | 创 | cong 1 | T | chuang 4 | initiate, establish |
| 30th | 守 | sau 2 | T | shou 3 | to guard, protect; to abide by | |
| 31th | 永 | wing 5 | T | yong 3 | forever; permanent | |
| 32th | 傳 | 传 | cyun 4 | T | chuan 2 | to pass; to transmit; |