Guan
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- For the group of cracid birds, see Guan (bird)
For other uses, see Quan.
Guan is a Chinese family name rendered in Cantonese as Kwan, or also in English as Quan or Quon.
Chinese: 關/関/关; pinyin: guān; Wade-Giles: kuan1; literally "shut; close; barrier"
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Prominent people named Guān include:
- Guan Yu (關羽, 160-219 CE), general
- Guan Ping (關平,? - 219), Guan Yu's son
- Guan Hanqing (關漢卿, c. 1241-1320), playwright
- Nancy Kwan (關家蒨, b. 1939), Chinese-American actress
- Jade Kwan (關心妍, b. 1979), Cantopop singer
- Michelle Kwan (關穎珊, b. 1980), American competitive figure skater
Chinese: 管; pinyin: guǎn; Wade-Giles: kuan3; literally "pipe/tube/duct; a woodwind instrument; to manage/control"
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Prominent people named Guǎn include:
- Guan Zhong (管仲, ?-645 BCE), Legalist philosopher and politician
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