Im thinkin about getting a tattoo, but i only 1 symbol (everywhere i translate it, it gives me 2 or 3 symbols)
Well, if you only want one character, you could use 快, which is Chinese for "fast"…however, it’s not a very detailed or impressive character to have tatooed.
As for wit, yeah, that’s also usually with two characters…
What you could do, though, is use both; two characters for speed, and two characters for wit, and with that, ask the tatoo artist to make one of those classic depictions that look like an ancient character, but are really four characters close together. You often see those used for seals on Chinese documents.
Let me see if I can find a link that will better show what I mean…
Shown in the top right corner:
http://www.chinaculture.org/img/2003-09/24/kg072_01.jpg
http://www.serenitywatergardens.com/images/Photo%20Albums/SWG%20Chinese%20Seal.jpg
http://www.chinapage.com/calligraphy/tangyin/seal.jpg
Hope that helps, or at least gives ideas…
December 25th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Well, if you only want one character, you could use 快, which is Chinese for "fast"…however, it’s not a very detailed or impressive character to have tatooed.
As for wit, yeah, that’s also usually with two characters…
What you could do, though, is use both; two characters for speed, and two characters for wit, and with that, ask the tatoo artist to make one of those classic depictions that look like an ancient character, but are really four characters close together. You often see those used for seals on Chinese documents.
Let me see if I can find a link that will better show what I mean…
Shown in the top right corner:
http://www.chinaculture.org/img/2003-09/24/kg072_01.jpg
http://www.serenitywatergardens.com/images/Photo%20Albums/SWG%20Chinese%20Seal.jpg
http://www.chinapage.com/calligraphy/tangyin/seal.jpg
Hope that helps, or at least gives ideas…
References :
I’ve studied Mandarin for many years, lived/worked in China for a year
December 25th, 2009 at 9:38 am
迅-swift (xun-pronounced like the bicycle Schwinn’s name) and intelligent-智 (zhi-pronounced like jure).
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