New Members Mysi4153 Posted January 31, 2018 at 10:52 PM New Members Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 at 10:52 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted February 1, 2018 at 12:16 AM Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 at 12:16 AM The picture is upside down. It might be trying to be 气 or the traditional version as in this picture below. Which oddly enough I couldn't find in my input method and had to resort to inserting a picture of it. Your tattoo is not really either of these but it means air, breath, it is Qi as in life force. It is very popular. Your version might be a third way of writing it but I have not seen it written that way before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yueni Posted February 1, 2018 at 01:28 AM Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 at 01:28 AM @Shelley is correct that it is upside down, but it isn't Chinese. It's Japanese, and it is ki, which is basically the Japanese equivalent of the Chinese qi （气）. Shelley has the correct meaning above though. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted February 1, 2018 at 10:48 AM Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 at 10:48 AM I had my suspicions that it was Japanese but I am never confident about declaring it Japanese unless I have checked, but I deliberately try not to confuse myself by looking up Japanese words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnergyReaper Posted February 2, 2018 at 07:38 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2018 at 07:38 AM @Shelley, No doubt. In Baidu search engine, it's really Japanese variant of 气。But its meaning is similar to Chinese version. By the way, @Mysi4153, I strongly recommend you to tattoo some Chinese characters, for they are more cool and also here is chinese-forums...Ha ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Mysi4153 Posted February 2, 2018 at 12:24 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted February 2, 2018 at 12:24 PM Thank you both so much. It's only upside down in the photo It's not my tattoo but I will keep a future Chinese tattoo in mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnergyReaper Posted February 4, 2018 at 04:54 AM Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 at 04:54 AM @Mysi4153 I also recommend you to tattoo some meaningful Chinese phrases or idioms. Do you know a famous soccer player Beckham? He has tattooed a famous ancient Chinese idiom '生死由命、富贵在天' which means —— life and death by the life, wealth in the day. I hope you can find a proper and likable tattoo eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweis Posted February 5, 2018 at 07:18 PM Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 at 07:18 PM On 2/4/2018 at 5:54 AM, EnergyReaper said: life and death by the life, wealth in the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lips Posted February 5, 2018 at 11:57 PM Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 at 11:57 PM On 2/3/2018 at 8:54 PM, EnergyReaper said: '生死由命、富贵在天' which means —— life and death by the life, wealth in the day See here for clearer translations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnergyReaper Posted February 6, 2018 at 01:22 AM Report Share Posted February 6, 2018 at 01:22 AM @edelweis,I'm sorry I choose a translation about '生死由命、富贵在天' with haste. Forgive my poor English. I'm a native Chinese speaker. And thanks @lips very much. Now I will choose a more suitable translation. '生死由命、富贵在天' means 'Life and death are all according to destiny,and wealth and title are decreed by Heaven.' If you meet something bad today. Just forget it. Remember a proverb 'every dog has its day' . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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