New Members Skurken Posted August 18, 2010 at 08:34 PM New Members Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 at 08:34 PM My friend took an tattoo and i wonder what it means Would be happy if annyone could translate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
马盖云 Posted August 19, 2010 at 01:09 AM Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 at 01:09 AM looks like a transliteration (phonetic sound-alike) for Nick... is that his name? the charaters themselves mean Buhdist Nun, and "can" or "be able to" so it is probably just for the sounds. Unless he has some secrets he's not telling you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma3zi1 Posted August 19, 2010 at 01:23 AM Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 at 01:23 AM Yeah, I concur, looks like "Nick" (尼克). Similar to "Nixon" (尼克森). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMaKe Posted August 19, 2010 at 01:41 AM Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 at 01:41 AM The second character, 克, means to subdue, restrain, overcome. But, as already pointed out, is also used to transliterate a name. Another example is 马克 （ma ke） for Mark。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted August 19, 2010 at 03:53 AM Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 at 03:53 AM Or 傑克 for Jack. [Just learned that 2 days ago!] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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