Triad Name Generator

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Generate triad names for Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and overseas Chinatown crime stories: Cantonese society names like Wo Shing Tak and Sun Luen Yee, classical Hung Mun lodge titles, numbered factions in the 14K style, street crews, front businesses and the nicknames members go by.

About triad names

Real triad names follow conventions that are easy to imitate once you see them. Hong Kong societies usually carry a three-syllable Cantonese name built from auspicious characters: Wo (harmony), Shing (victory), Yee (righteousness), On (peace), Luen (united), Tung (together), Fuk (fortune), Tak (virtue). Wo Shing Wo, Sun Yee On and Wo On Lok all work this way, and the first syllable often marks the parent group, which is why so many Wo and Luen societies exist. Others use a number only insiders understand, the way 14K took its name from 14 Po Wah Road, with sub-branches adding a single character (14K Tak, 14K Ngai).

The older, more ceremonial layer comes from the Hung Mun, or Heaven and Earth Society, the 17th-century brotherhood that gave the triads their lodges, oaths and ranks. Names from that tradition translate grandly into English: Hall of Loyalty and Righteousness, Red Flower Pavilion, City of Willows, Society of the Five Ancestors. Rank titles such as Dragon Head, Red Pole, White Paper Fan and Straw Sandal, and the code numbers 489, 426, 415 and 432, make good names for factions and crews.

This generator also includes overseas tongs and benevolent associations, street-level crews named after Kowloon districts, front businesses, and the blunt nicknames (Four-Eyed Fai, Iron Hand Lau, Uncle Nine) that members actually use.

How to choose triad names

  • Build a Cantonese society name from three auspicious syllables and keep it pronounceable: Wo, Sun, Luen or Tung first, then Yee, Shing, Hing, Tak, On or Lok. Wo Shing Tak reads as real; random syllables do not.
  • Give a big society a branch structure: parent name plus one character (14K Tak, Wo Shing Yee) so rival factions feel related but distinct.
  • Use the grand English translations (Hall of Ten Thousand Harmonies, Red Flower Lodge) for historical or ceremonial scenes, and the short street names (Temple Street Boys, Mong Kok Tigers) for modern crews.
  • Front organisations are part of the picture: a benevolent association, athletic club, seafood holdings company or mahjong parlour makes a more believable cover than an openly criminal name.
  • For members, pair a descriptive nickname with a one-syllable surname (Fat Boy Kwan, Razor Cheung) or use the Cantonese forms Ah, Dai Lo and Uncle; full formal names are rarely used inside a society.

Frequently asked questions

What are real triad names?

The best known are 14K, Sun Yee On, Wo Shing Wo, Wo On Lok (Shui Fong), Wo Hop To, Luen Kung Lok and the Big Circle Boys in Hong Kong and Macau, United Bamboo, Four Seas and the Heavenly Way Alliance in Taiwan, and tongs like Hip Sing and On Leong in American Chinatowns. Historically they all trace back to the Hung Mun or Heaven and Earth Society.

Why are triads called triads?

The name was coined by British officials in Hong Kong from the Heaven and Earth Society's triangle symbol for heaven, earth and man. The societies themselves use the term Hung Mun (Hung Gate) or simply 'the society'; the Cantonese slang for a member is hak se wui, 'black society'.

What do triad rank names like Red Pole and 426 mean?

Each office has a title and a code number: Dragon Head (489) is the leader, Red Pole (426) the enforcer, White Paper Fan (415) the adviser or accountant, Straw Sandal (432) the liaison, and ordinary members are 49s. The numbers derive from numerology around the Hung Mun founding legend and make excellent names for fictional crews.

Can I use these names in a novel or game?

Yes. The invented society, crew, front-business and nickname entries are original and safe to use as-is. The handful of real organisations are included as reference points; for fiction you will usually want an invented name built in the same style, such as Wo Luen Shing or the Society of the Hidden Moon.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 16 names

  • Abacus Wong
  • Aberdeen Harbour Boys
  • Ah Bong
  • Ah Fai
  • Ah Keung
  • Ah Kit
  • Ah Lung
  • Ah Wai
  • Alliance of Four Harbours
  • Alliance of the Jade Fist
  • Alliance of the Pearl River
  • Alliance of the Western Gate
  • Amsterdam Zeedijk Brotherhood
  • Apliu Street Electronics Crew
  • Auntie Kam
  • Azure Dragon Hall

B: 28 names

  • Baat Sin Tong
  • Baihe Hui
  • Bald Head Tsang
  • Bamboo Garden Tea House
  • Bamboo Pole Lai
  • Bangkok Yaowarat Tigers
  • Beilian Bang
  • Big Brother Keung
  • Big Circle Boys
  • Big Swords Society
  • Bing Kong Tong
  • Black Cat Poon
  • Black Crane Hall
  • Black Lotus Tong
  • Black Phoenix Hall
  • Black Tortoise Society
  • Broken Bamboo Gang
  • Bronze Tiger Hall
  • Brother Fat
  • Brother Lung
  • Brotherhood of Five Harbours
  • Brotherhood of the Broken Bowl
  • Brotherhood of the Copper Coin
  • Brotherhood of the Jade Seal
  • Brotherhood of the Night Market
  • Brotherhood of the Ninth Gate
  • Brotherhood of the Red Flower
  • Bund Dockers' Brotherhood

C: 20 names

  • Causeway Bay Lanterns
  • Chaozhou Sworn Brothers
  • Chat Sing Wui
  • Cheung Chau Boat Brotherhood
  • Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Boys
  • Cheung Shing Tong
  • Chinatown Four Brothers Association
  • Cholon Rice Brotherhood
  • Chuen Yee Hing
  • Chuen Yee Shing
  • Chung Wo Hing
  • Chung Yee Tong
  • Circle of Copper Masks
  • City of Willows
  • Clan of the Black Carp
  • Coiled Dragon Society
  • Coloane Island Boys
  • Crazy Dog Wong
  • Crooked Nose Chow
  • Crouching Tiger Society

D: 9 names

  • Dai Lo Hei
  • Dai Lo Sing
  • Dai Lo Wah
  • Double Happiness Bridal Studio
  • Double Nine Hall
  • Doyers Street Brotherhood
  • Dragon Gate Martial Arts Academy
  • Dragon Head Council
  • Dragon Head Tsui

E: 6 names

  • East River Alliance
  • Eight Immortals Society
  • Eight Treasures Pawnshop
  • Elder Brothers Society
  • Eternal Harmony Benevolent Association
  • Eternal Harmony Society

F: 26 names

  • Fan Ching Fuk Ming Society
  • Fast Hands Leung
  • Fat Boy Kwan
  • Fei Jai
  • Feilong Bang
  • Fire Hand Hui
  • Fire Phoenix Tong
  • Five Tigers Hall
  • Flushing Red Poles
  • Fong Lin Shea
  • Fortune Gate Logistics
  • Four Counties Benevolent Society
  • Four Rivers Gang
  • Four Seas Gang
  • Four-Eyed Fai
  • Fragrant Harbour Athletic Club
  • Fragrant Harbour Brotherhood
  • Fraternity of the River Pearl
  • French Concession Circle
  • Fu Wo Tong
  • Fuan Hui
  • Fujian Coast Brotherhood
  • Fuk Luen Tong
  • Fuk Tak Shing
  • Fuk Yee Hing
  • Fung Lung Tong

G: 19 names

  • Ghee Hock Society
  • Ghost Eye Siu
  • Gold Mountain Sworn Brothers
  • Gold Tooth Lam
  • Golden Dragon Society
  • Golden Harvest Import Export
  • Golden Lantern Tong
  • Golden Lily Minibus Company
  • Golden Lotus Trading Company
  • Golden Mountain Brotherhood
  • Golden Orchid Society
  • Golden Phoenix Alliance
  • Golden Phoenix Karaoke
  • Gongbei Gate Crew
  • Grant Avenue Dragons
  • Green Gang
  • Green Lotus Tong
  • Guangzhou Thirteen Factories Brotherhood
  • Guild of the Broken Abacus

H: 45 names

  • Hai San Society
  • Hainan Island Boys
  • Hak Jai
  • Hak Lung Shea
  • Hakka Mountain Brotherhood
  • Hall of Eternal Spring
  • Hall of Flourishing Virtue
  • Hall of Loyalty and Righteousness
  • Hall of Righteous Wealth
  • Hall of Ten Thousand Harmonies
  • Hall of the Iron Lotus
  • Hall of the Pricked Finger
  • Happy Valley Racing Syndicate
  • Harbour Gate Alliance
  • Harbour Lights Athletic Association
  • Harmony Park Property Management
  • Havana Zanja Street Brotherhood
  • Heaven and Earth Society
  • Heavenly Way Alliance
  • Heihu Bang
  • Heyi Tang
  • Hidden Dragon Lodge

H, continued

  • Hing Lok Shing
  • Hing Yee Tong
  • Hip Sing Tong
  • Hoi Shing Tong
  • Hokkien Sea Dragons
  • Hon Yee Tong
  • Honglian Hui
  • Hongmen Zhongyi Tang
  • Hongyi Tang
  • Hop Sing Tong
  • House of Nine Sorrows
  • House of the Golden Tiger
  • House of the Paper Crane
  • Hundred Flowers Lodge
  • Hung Fu Shea
  • Hung Hom Ferry Pier Gang
  • Hung Kam Tong
  • Hung Lung Tong
  • Hung Mun
  • Hung Mun Wui
  • Hung Shing Temple Committee
  • Hung Shun Tong
  • Hung Yee Hing

I: 6 names

  • Incense Master Fung
  • Incense Masters' Lodge
  • Iron Bamboo Union
  • Iron Gate Society
  • Iron Hand Lau
  • Iron Tiger Tong

J: 12 names

  • Jade Bamboo Alliance
  • Jade Finger Kan
  • Jade Lion Brotherhood
  • Jade Orchid Society
  • Jade Palace Mahjong Club
  • Jade Tiger Hall
  • Jakarta Glodok Brotherhood
  • Jinhu Bang
  • Jinlan Hui
  • Jiulong Hui
  • Johannesburg Cyrildene Circle
  • Jordan Road Crew

K: 19 names

  • Kai Tak Runway Boys
  • Kam Fu Shea
  • Kam Lung Tong
  • Kau Lung Tong
  • Kei Wo Shing
  • Kin Yee Tong
  • King Yee
  • Kobe Nankinmachi Brotherhood
  • Kowloon Bay Boys
  • Kowloon Benevolent Association
  • Kowloon Money Exchange
  • Kowloon Night Ferry Company
  • Kuala Lumpur Petaling Street Boys
  • Kung Yee Shing
  • Kwai Chung Container Crew
  • Kwan Lok Shea
  • Kwan Yee Tong
  • Kwong Yee Tong
  • Kwun Tong Ironworks Gang

L: 27 names

  • Ladies' Market Crew
  • Lan Kwai Fong Doormen
  • League of Nine Rivers
  • League of the Pearl Dragon
  • Lei Yue Mun Seafood Brothers
  • Lima Barrio Chino Tong
  • Little Tiger Sau
  • Liverpool Nelson Street Brotherhood
  • Lodge of the Blue Lantern
  • London Gerrard Street Lodge
  • Long-Hair Lui
  • Longfeng Meng
  • Lotus Flower of San Francisco
  • Lotus Pond Massage Parlour
  • Lucky Eight Mahjong Parlour
  • Lucky Star Nightclub
  • Luen Fei Ying
  • Luen Fuk Hing
  • Luen Hop Shing
  • Luen Kung Lok
  • Luen Kwan Lok
  • Luen Tak Wui
  • Luen Yee On
  • Luen Ying Tong
  • Lung Fu Tong
  • Lung Hing Wui
  • Lung Kong Tin Yee Association

M: 16 names

  • Macau Casino Brotherhood
  • Macau Golden Lotus Hall
  • Mad Dog Tam
  • Madam Fong
  • Man Mo Temple Keepers
  • Manchester Faulkner Street Tong
  • Manila Binondo Sworn Brothers
  • Mauritius Port Louis Dragons
  • Melbourne Little Bourke Brotherhood
  • Ming Tak Tong
  • Mong Kok Merchants' Guild
  • Mong Kok Red Poles
  • Mong Kok Tigers
  • Moon Gate Lodge
  • Mott Street Tong
  • Mui Fa Tong

N: 10 names

  • Nanjing Road Crew
  • Nathan Road Tigers
  • Ngai Shing Tong
  • Ngan Lung Tong
  • Nine Dragons Society
  • Nine Dragons Transport Company
  • Nine Gates Brotherhood
  • Nine-Tailed Fox Society
  • North Point Fujianese Brotherhood
  • North River Gang

O: 7 names

  • Old Cat Mak
  • Old Fox Yeung
  • Old Uncle Mok
  • On Leong Tong
  • One-Ear Yip
  • Order of the Golden Oath
  • Overturn Qing Restore Ming Society

P: 12 names

  • Pacific Lotus Tong
  • Pak Fu Tong
  • Paper Tiger Pang
  • Paris Belleville Dragons
  • Peach Garden Brotherhood
  • Pearl River Boys
  • Pearl River Society
  • Pell Street Lanterns
  • Penang Kean Teik Tong
  • Portland Street Boys
  • Prosperity Seafood Holdings
  • Prosperous Garden Dim Sum

Q: 2 names

  • Qinglong Hui
  • Quiet Ng

R: 15 names

  • Rangoon Dragon Lodge
  • Razor Cheung
  • Red Flower Pavilion
  • Red Fox Tong
  • Red Gang
  • Red Lantern Brotherhood
  • Red Lantern Restaurant Group
  • Red Phoenix Bonesetter Clinic
  • Red Pole Chan
  • Red Pole Society
  • Red Sash Brotherhood
  • Red Spears
  • Red Turban Lodge
  • Richmond Dragons
  • Rising Tiger Brotherhood

S: 58 names

  • Sai Lo
  • Sai Wan Street Lions
  • Sai Ying Pun Dried Seafood Boys
  • Saigon Cholon Dragons
  • Sam Yup Benevolent Society
  • Sandal Lo
  • Sau Mau Ping Estate Boys
  • Scarface Ming
  • Seven Stars Tong
  • Sham Shui Po Brothers
  • Shan Tung Tong
  • Shanghai Bund Gang
  • Shanghai Street Brotherhood
  • Shek Kip Mei Rooftop Gang
  • Shenzhen Border Boys
  • Short Sam
  • Shuanglong Hui
  • Shui Fong
  • Shun Tak Tong
  • Shun Yee Wui
  • Silver Carp Brotherhood
  • Silver Dragon Finance Company
  • Silver Dragon Lodge
  • Sing Wo Tong
  • Singapore Ghee Hin
  • Sister Mui
  • Six Harmonies Gate
  • Skinny Ho
  • Sleeping Dragon Hall

S, continued

  • Small Swords Society
  • Smiling Lee
  • Snake Eyes Cheng
  • Society of 108
  • Society of Loyal Hearts
  • Society of the Five Ancestors
  • Society of the Hidden Moon
  • Society of the Iron Fan
  • Society of the Peach Garden Oath
  • Society of the Red Turban
  • Society of the Willow Gate
  • Soho Lantern Society
  • Songlian Bang
  • Stone Lion Society
  • Storm Gate Brotherhood
  • Straw Sandal Union
  • Suey Sing Tong
  • Sun Fuk Shing
  • Sun Hing Wui
  • Sun Kwan Yee
  • Sun Luen Tak
  • Sun On Lok
  • Sun Wah Benevolent Society of Vancouver
  • Sun Wo Shing
  • Sun Yee Hop
  • Sun Yee On
  • Sworn Brothers of the Hung Gate
  • Sydney Dixon Street Tigers
  • Sze Yup Association

T: 90 names

  • Tai Hing Tong
  • Tai Huen Chai
  • Tai Hung Wui
  • Tai Kok Tsui Dockers
  • Tai Luen Shing
  • Taipa Ferry Boys
  • Taiping Hui
  • Tak Hing Tong
  • Tak Shing Wui
  • Tall Kong
  • Temple Street Boys
  • Temple Street Lanterns
  • Ten Thousand Blessings Society
  • Teochew Brotherhood
  • The 14K
  • The 14K Hau
  • The 14K Kin
  • The 14K Ngai
  • The 14K Tak
  • The 14K Yee
  • The 18K
  • The 415 Circle
  • The 426 Brotherhood
  • The 432 Runners
  • The 489 Council
  • The 49s
  • The Black Fan
  • The Black Pearl
  • The Broken Coin
  • The Copper Gate

T, continued

  • The Crimson Orchid
  • The Eight Winds
  • The Five Punishments
  • The Golden Abacus
  • The Hidden Lantern
  • The Hung Family
  • The Iron Thread
  • The Jade Hand
  • The Jade Knife
  • The Night Ferry
  • The Paper Tiger
  • The Red Door
  • The Red Sand
  • The Red Thread
  • The Seven Sands
  • The Silent Oar
  • The Silver Needle
  • The Sworn Hundred
  • The Thirty-Six Oaths
  • The Three Dots
  • The Twelve Sworn
  • Thirteen Lanterns
  • Thousand Hands Union
  • Three Districts Association
  • Three Harmonies Society
  • Three Rivers Brotherhood
  • Three Treasures Herbal Dispensary
  • Thunder Gate Hall
  • Thunder Kwok
  • Tiandihui

T, continued

  • Tianhong Hui
  • Tianlong Meng
  • Tiewu Bang
  • Tiger Chan
  • Tin Hau Fishermen's Association
  • Tin Hung Tong
  • Tin Lung Shea
  • Tin Shui Wai Estate Brothers
  • Tin Tak Wui
  • Tit Kwan Tong
  • To Kwa Wan Scrapyard Crew
  • Tong of Silent Water
  • Tong of the Bitter Tea
  • Tong of the Broken Oar
  • Tong of the Golden Carp
  • Tong of the Laughing Buddha
  • Toronto Spadina Brotherhood
  • Triple Eight Alliance
  • Tsim Sha Tsui Dragons
  • Tsing Lung Tong
  • Tsuen Wan Textile Boys
  • Tuen Mun Ferry Boys
  • Tung Hing On
  • Tung Kwan Society
  • Tung Kwan Tong
  • Tung Lok Wui
  • Tung Tak Shea
  • Tung Yee Shing
  • Twin Phoenix Hall
  • Typhoon Shelter Brotherhood

U: 6 names

  • Uncle Bing
  • Uncle Nine
  • Uncle Seven
  • Union of Fragrant Harbour
  • Union of Sworn Brothers
  • United Bamboo

V: 3 names

  • Vancouver Pender Street Boys
  • Vermilion Bird Association
  • Victoria Harbour Tong

W: 32 names

  • Wah Hing Tong
  • Wah Yee Shing
  • Walled City Crew
  • Wan Chai Night Crew
  • Wan Chai Tigers
  • Water Snake Yim
  • West River Hall
  • White Crane Brotherhood
  • White Fan Yuen
  • White Lotus Society
  • White Paper Fan Circle
  • White Tiger Lodge
  • Wing Hing Lok
  • Wing On Yee
  • Wing Shing Tong
  • Wo Fuk Tong
  • Wo Hing Benevolent Society
  • Wo Hing Wui
  • Wo Hop Lok
  • Wo Hop To
  • Wo Kwan Lok
  • Wo Lee Kwan
  • Wo Luen Shing
  • Wo On Lok
  • Wo On Yee
  • Wo Shing Tak
  • Wo Shing Wo
  • Wo Shing Yee
  • Wo Wing Shing
  • Wo Yee Hing
  • Wo Yee Tong
  • Wuhu Bang

Y: 14 names

  • Yau Lok Tong
  • Yau Ma Tei Night Market Boys
  • Yee Hing Tong
  • Yee On Wui
  • Yee Shing Luen
  • Yellow Sash Society
  • Ying Hung Wui
  • Ying On Association
  • Ying Yee Tong
  • Yokohama Chukagai Tong
  • Yongxing Tang
  • Young Master Kam
  • Yuen Long Village Brothers
  • Yuet Tung Wui

Z: 2 names

  • Zhongyi Meng
  • Zhuye Hui