30 Of The Most Cringeworthy Tattoos That People Who Are Fluent In Chinese And Japanese Have Seen
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Publish Not your original work? Add source Nobody wants "demon bird mothballs" permanently carved on their hand. People had better opt for ink scribbles like "inspiration," "my journey," or "live life to the fullest." But in some cases, this is the price you pay for one, lack of research; two, impulsive decision making; and three, poor translation. There's also an aspect of cultural appropriation with Westerners tattooing Hanzi and Kanji (the Chinese and Japanese character sets) that cannot be overlooked. It doesn't, however, deter people from getting one. You probably still remember Britney Spears' infamous bikini tattoo that was supposed to mean 'mysterious,' but turned out to be 'strange.' With numerous examples way worse than Britney's surfing around online, we were wondering what people fluent in Japanese and Chinese have to say about such a trend. So scroll down for the worst tattoos of Far East logograms spotted by people who know the real meaning behind them, and be sure to check out our previous articles with more fails like these here and here. This post may include affiliate links. #1 When I was in the Army, one of the guys I was in with had this tattoo that he was super proud of.
He claimed it meant fierce. We went with it.
A few months later, we're sent, as a group, to San Francisco as part of a recruiting, P/R trip.
We go into Chinatown and a get dinner together.
The guy with the tat always made sure that tat was visible.
We're sitting at the table and the waitress takes our order, as she does she looks at dude and asks if he raises chickens?
Dude: "What are taking about?"
Waitress: "You have chicken on your arm."
Dude: "No, it says fierce"
Waitress in calls to another and says, "What that say?" "tell him."
Second Waitress: "Chicken"
You could just see dude die inside. Especially when a third person who's English wasn't as good says "It say cock" gunbunnycb Report Final score: 289points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That last line sounds like the 3rd person wanted in on the fun :) 115 115points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 I read about one once that was supposed to read "badass," which it technically did, but the translation was closer to "evil anus." SilentMunch Report Final score: 285points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Hahahahaha that's brilliant. 106 106points reply View more comments #3 I speak Japanese. A guy had a massive Kanji tattoo on his arm. I asked him, “what did you ask them to put on you?” He said “oh, this? It means courage.”
Sir, that means breastmilk. theskiingblonde Report Final score: 246points POST Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It does take courage to wear that. 138 138points reply View More Replies... View more comments There's no one single reason why hanzi and kanji on tattoo aficionados' bodies sometimes end up in failure. First, there's the lack of research which may be time and effort-consuming, meaning that you have to consult the experts in Chinese/Japanese languages to really tell you the meaning of your chosen logogram. Then, there's an overconfidence in the tattoo artist, who may not know the language you want your tattoo inked in. It doesn't mean you can put the blame on them-it's not their job to work as language editors, but rather to give you a beautiful and precise work of ink you'll likely carry for the rest of your life. #4 鸡蛋 meaning egg tattooed on the side of his face - didn’t help that the man was bald and it took all my willpower to not laugh in his face i-nct Report Final score: 208points POST Sue Hazlewood Sue Hazlewood Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Left with egg on his face, love it. 106 106points reply View more comments #5 Dude I worked with long time ago had "to the grave" on his arm.
Both of our managers came from China (one was Chinese, the other Vietnamese who grew up in China). When he asked the one what his tattoo said, she said "cheapskate!"
He was mortified and said "no, no, it means to the grave" and she said "yeah, when you die, you'll take all your belongings with you to the grave. You won't leave anything for anyone. You're cheap" he says "no, no, it means I take all my secrets to the grave!" She goes "that's not what your arms says"
He was soooo pissed. suestrong315 Report Final score: 176points POST Eseri Akullu Eseri Akullu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In my country this rich dude was buried with millions in this huge grave. He was buried in a rural area where his parents were from and the residents were basically very very poor. Needless to say, the grave was robbed 78 78points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 It’s not me but my stepdad got a symbol on the back of his neck that he THOUGHT meant “warrior” or “strong” or something like that. Someone told him one day that it 100% says “spicy.” BillyDomo Report Final score: 164points POST Kat Kat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not THAT bad though... 86 86points reply View More Replies... View more comments And third, a momentary impulse to get a tattoo without really thinking it through is most likely to blame. When your head is in the clouds and you really get fascinated with a particular character which, in your mind, looks amazing, sounds amazing and carries an amazing meaning, you don't even think of the prospect of regret. This dawns on you after you leave the tattoo parlor, after someone who really knows the language starts cringing while making you regret the decision. But no matter what kind of tattoo you're getting, whether it's hanzi, kanji, something impulsive, something you ink while drunk, or something you made while a teen in your friend's garage, regret is a big part of being an owner of the tattoo. And while proud owners don't have it, others, like the tattoo aficionados in this list, probably know the feeling when otherwise perfect inkwork suddenly turns sour. #7 One of my coworkers requested the character for “free” as in “freedom” which would be 自由, however because he just used translation apps, he ended up with 免 as in 免税 which means “tax free.” Its also on his hand and is always visible. simaxiang Report Final score: 161points POST Madison Feehan Madison Feehan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Tell me he has another one that says "for services rendered." 71 71points reply View more comments #8 Saw 黄 on someone's neck. It means "yellow".
Asked her why she had 'yellow' tattooed on her and she started to explain its spiritual significance in Chinese culture but I had to interrupt and say "No, it really means yellow, like the color."
Felt kind of like a dick afterwards, to be honest, but at the moment i thought it was right to bring it up to her. daishide Report Final score: 158points POST pusheen buttercup pusheen buttercup Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago You did the right thing 69 69points reply View more comments #9 I used to work at a bar and a lady came in with 自転車 on her shoulder. I speak Japanese and asked her what it meant. She replied proudly “driven to be self motivated”. That word means bicycle in Japanese. LordDessik Report Final score: 155points POST Skara Brae Skara Brae Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Well, someone riding a bicycle is driving a 'self-motivated' vehicle, so maybe the tattoo was intended to be allegorical. 76 76points reply View More Replies... View more comments So in order to find out more about tattoo regrets and how to avoid them, Bored Panda reached out to Orsolya Molnár, a London-based professional tattoo artist who has been tattooing people since 2014. She specializes in delicate blackwork, dotwork, black & grey and linework tattoos, as well as florals, birds, animals and other naturalistic designs that fit the body. "In my opinion, these days people are a lot more deliberate when it comes to getting a tattoo," Orsolya said and added that they do more research and put more energy into coming up with an idea. #10 Buddy from high school had the nickname "Beast". Got that tattooed in between his shoulder blades in some Asian looking characters. Home from college over the summer, playing sand volleyball, shirt off, random Asian girl asked him why he had "bread" tattooed there. pdhot65ton Report Final score: 154points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The answer would be: "Because I am essential" 84 84points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 I saw a manager demanding Karen b***hing out a cashier with “chicken” on her neck. I asked her about her cool tattoo and she said it means “hope.” Uh, nope - chicken. I just love whomever did this to her over-entitled self. RosieCakeness Report Final score: 153points POST Steve Wilson Steve Wilson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago “Chicken”? Are you sure it wasn’t “c**k”? 105 105points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 I can't read it but a girl i was seeing pointed out my ex girlfriend had a tattoo that read something like "demo text" on her shoulder. suitology Report Final score: 147points POST GoodWolf GoodWolf Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Lorem ipsum 121 121points reply View More Replies... View more comments Having said that, Orsolya confirmed that there will always be people who regret a tattoo for some reason or other. "Usually they regret it because they chose the wrong tattoo artist and don't like the outcome or because they got tattooed younger in the '90s or early 2000s and they no longer want to have those older ones. However, nowadays it is a lot easier to get old tattoos removed or covered up." "Another type of tattoo that people often regret is their significant other's name on their body-I've had to cover up quite a few of these on clients," she recounted. #13 At a bar with my buddy Steve-o (not the jackass one) and Steve-o is talkin to some guy about his neck tattoos. Guy was saying one meant power and the other meant strength, cause that's who he is (or some other bulls**t along those lines, I had a few pints at that point).
Chinese? fella a few seats down chuckles while putting down his beard. Looks up and says "That not Power Strength! That Kitchen Sink!"
Steve-o and I lost all of our spaghetti laughing, sides in orbit with a couple of strangers.
My cheeks hurt just remembering it. DerrylliusKlyne Report Final score: 146points POST Mark Trombley Mark Trombley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I am having trouble with the "lost all of our spaghetti laughing, sides in orbit" part. Is this another typo or is this a common saying in some part of the world? 52 52points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 I knew someone that got the Chinese characters that were supposed to mean “sky”.
A Chinese friend of theirs pointed out it meant “ceiling”. Lady_butt_hole Report Final score: 135points POST Fey Magi Fey Magi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Oh yeah- in some language in Asia, we call ceiling 'sky' sorta- I can totally see how the character can be mixed up. SO yeah- 31 31points reply View more comments #15 I speak and read mandarin and cantonese fluently, and one time I was in Boston with my family to visit family and we ended up at this seafood restaurant. When my family sat down there was another family there and one of those people being the dad. The dad was huge, like Arnold Schwarzenegger huge, and on his arm he had a massive tattoo saying “打飛機.” I’m pretty sure the guy used to be from the air force because he had a bunch of papers in his back pack and stuff because the restaurant served free meals to people that served in the army, so his tattoo translated from Mandarin to English which means “hit air plane,” it sounds sort of reasonable since he severed in the air force but the thing is if you were to translate this from cantonese to english, it would also mean “hit air plane” but it’s also slang for “to jack off” Guest82O1 Report Final score: 131points POST Maiun Maiun Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Did you tell him???? 36 36points reply View More Replies... View more comments When asked what kind of tattoo design the professional artist would refuse to do on a client's body, Orsolya said that all respectable tattoo artists would refuse any sort of hate symbols or signs. "I personally don't tattoo minors either. But unfortunately, as in any profession, there are always some who would do it," she said. "Otherwise, sometimes clients reach out and want a design in a very specific style that isn't what I do usually-I would most likely refuse them as well. It's always best to go to an artist that specializes in the style that you want." #16 A person from work had a fairly small Japanese tattoo that was supposed to read "Big Brains". (He'd just got his degree or something, so this was a celebration of that)
A Japanese co-workers started laughing and said it was more like "Big Head". MisterMarcus Report Final score: 118points POST Incitatus Incitatus Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) Sounds like he had both! 45 45points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 There was a somewhat famous dude among the Chinatown dwellers where I lived awhile back. He was a big, buff white guy who would always hang out in Chinatown with shirts that had the sleeves ripped off. He was pointed out to me in roughly this manner, “Look at that guy. His name is Ben. Ben has a tattoo of his name in Chinese on his upper arm. Ben insisted on having the pinyin of his name tattooed instead of being given a proper Chinese name. Ben is proud of his tattoo. Ben likes to introduce himself to the Asian people in Chinatown by pointing to his tattoo.”
Ben in pinyin = “pen” (pronounced pe-hn, which does sound like an Asianfied “Ben”). “Pen” in Mandarin means stupid. Dude introduced himself as stupid for years. Afaik no one has ever told him. Everyone knows Ben though. CabaiBurung Report Final score: 117points POST Random Person Random Person Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) Well technically, 'Ben' should literally be translated to 'běn' in pinyin. 'Pen' doesn't mean stupid, 'bèn笨' does. 21 21points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #18 "As a matter of priority I declare, I am a wife beater"
Is what I saw on a man's arm.
(作为优先事项，我声明我是殴打妻子的人)
he thinks it's means something along the lines of "the best, strongest, manliest man is right here!" The_WereArcticFox Report Final score: 116points POST Allan Breum Allan Breum Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That... kinda sounds like the tattoo artist did that on purpose. 94 94points reply View More Replies... View more comments Before getting a tattoo, Orsolya reminds everyone to do their research to see that you like the work and style of the artist you want to go to. "Nowadays, it's very easy to find good tattoo artists on Instagram. Once you have the artist and you know what you want to get, reach out to them and tell them what you're thinking about. But be open to some changes if it makes the tattoo better." #19 I saw someone with a tattoo that said 下品 "inferior goods" once
But my favorite was a white person with a tattoo that said 白人 which means "white person" roipoiboy Report Final score: 108points POST Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Those are japanese. One mean indecency and the other mean caucasian. 32 32points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 "马马"， which means "horse horse". 100% sure that guy wanted a "mama", but "妈"[mā］means "mom", while "马"[mă] means "horse", they sound similar, but with different tones [deleted] Report Final score: 107points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago At least that's easy enough to fix. Weird that character for "mom" appears to have the characters for woman and horse as its components, though... 15 15points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 Shrimp Dumpling, huge tattoo on a jacked guy. charlie_chapped_lips Report Final score: 105points POST grotesqueer grotesqueer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Considering the stereotype of jacked/huge men having small penises, this is way funny! 53 53points reply View more comments "To me getting a tattoo should be a personal decision. Clients often seek out the opinions of others around them when it comes to the design and placement etc. and listen to their opinions over themselves or the artist." The professional tattoo artist added that clients should also be ready to listen to their artists "as we are the ones that know how to make a design fit the body and have it look good for decades to come. Sometimes this means that a tattoo should be bigger or should be in a different spot as the skin loses elasticity and can massively change how the tattoo looks over the years," Orsolya concluded. #22 I saw a picture once of a huge back piece that just said "vegetables". discountErasmus Report Final score: 95points POST Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A vegan? 31 31points reply View more comments #23 As a tattoo artist, I've seen many. I myself, can't read Kanji but I explain to my client that it's probably most likely not the word they want. Most clients realize that and for some reason still get it. Google can't possibly be right all the time, that's my stance on it.
Worst one I've seen though, one that was translated to picnic table. xurism Report Final score: 93points POST Madison Feehan Madison Feehan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's okay, just tattoo "Yogi Bear" on the other arm. 57 57points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 I saw a girl with 水炎 tattooed which means 'Water' and 'Inflammation'.
She must have wanted 水火 which means 'Water' and 'Fire'.
炎, Inflammation is two 火 Fires, one on top of the other pickmeuptomorrow Report Final score: 93points POST grotesqueer grotesqueer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I love the explanation. It kinda makes me want to learn the language. 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 Japanese kanji "Friend Boat." They thought it read "friendship." tropicofducks Report Final score: 91points POST grotesqueer grotesqueer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Well, technically, it does. If I was them, I would probably be kinda excited about this accident. It simultaneously communicates what it was supposed to, but then it's also a pun. 34 34points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 Not me, but my father once met a woman who wanted to have “bad girl,” like as in “badass,” tattooed on her in Chinese.
The characters didn’t really mean that, though. It, uh, meant something more along the lines of a woman who would cheat on her husband and take advantage of men. sigma-octantis Report Final score: 88points POST Madison Feehan Madison Feehan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It Said Succubus? 23 23points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 My friends mum had what she thought was her name on her chest, her friend at work asked why she had 'population of China' tatted on her lottus4 Report Final score: 87points POST Allan Breum Allan Breum Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Maybe it was her "Body count" :P 23 23points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #28 笨 as a tramp stamp. It literally means stupid. used_npkin Report Final score: 83points POST Madison Feehan Madison Feehan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Well if you are voluntarily getting a tramp stamp then you're kinda... 45 45points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 I knew an English girl in Japan who had kanji for woman on her arm. It is also the sign for ladies toilets. Suddenly gets less sexy. Zabawka25 Report Final score: 78points POST Julie C Rose Julie C Rose Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) *sigh* That’s because Japanese uses the same characters for both singular and plural, and because Japanese doesn’t distinguish between “woman” and “lady” unless you’re saying “lady” as in “rich/classy woman”. That’s not a mistake on their part; that’s you not being fluent enough. 28 28points reply View More Replies... View more comments #30 I know a girl who had "壊疽" ("gangrene") tattooed on her side and it quickly became her nickname ([sic] name-call). Even her family began calling her that. She was a very mean person, simply put, and I can only guess the tattoo artist was getting back at her. This was about five years ago and nobody hears much from her nowadays. cdngoneguy Report Final score: 76points POST Zedrapazia Zedrapazia Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago I don't understand this one. What does the tattoo mean? 2 2points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 35 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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LOL 25 25points reply Mystery Egg Mystery Egg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Goes both ways; the terrible English in Asian countries is hilarious. 22 22points reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I love terrible translations in general. There's something so entertaining about them. 17 17points reply Load More Replies... Joanna Joanna Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I've seen bad T-shirts for sure, but the only bad English text tattoos I've ever seen were on native English-speakers. 3 3points reply Kira Okah Kira Okah Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Seen it as tattoos on people too, at least I did in Beijing. Saw several people with tattoos of "happy" and "product", "prostitute" was sadly common too. 1 1point reply Aliquid Aliquid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Terrible translations are everywhere, and they are all funny. I often am amused with poorly translated instructions that come with cheap products shipped from China. --- but tattoos... that's a whole different thing. 2 2points reply Stannous Flouride Stannous Flouride Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yes, I think there's been more than a few of those posted here on BP. 1 1point reply KokoMomo KokoMomo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah, terrible English in Asian countries is hilarious, but I don't see them tattooed as much as the Chinese/Japanese characters. 1 1point reply Rose the Cook Rose the Cook Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Funniest one I ever heard was "closed on Mondays". I have no idea what the person thought it meant but I doubt it was that. 12 12points reply Honu Honu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) For me it was a young woman who had gotten the logo from an imported Chinese tea she liked. The English on the box was peace/serenity/happiness kind of feel-good stuff. The actual writing in the logo was "Good Quality. Low Price." 8 8points reply Load More Replies... Mike Loux Mike Loux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago *wiggles eyebrows* 1 1point reply Karin Karin Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Kind of like the song or movie, "Never on Sunday." 0 0points reply Load More Comments POST Beth Sito Beth Sito Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago When I was younger, I got a tattoo on the back of my neck of a Chinese symbol... when people now ask what it means I tell them that it means that I am capable of making horrible mistakes. LOL 25 25points reply Mystery Egg Mystery Egg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Goes both ways; the terrible English in Asian countries is hilarious. 22 22points reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I love terrible translations in general. There's something so entertaining about them. 17 17points reply Load More Replies... Joanna Joanna Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I've seen bad T-shirts for sure, but the only bad English text tattoos I've ever seen were on native English-speakers. 3 3points reply Kira Okah Kira Okah Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Seen it as tattoos on people too, at least I did in Beijing. Saw several people with tattoos of "happy" and "product", "prostitute" was sadly common too. 1 1point reply Aliquid Aliquid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Terrible translations are everywhere, and they are all funny. I often am amused with poorly translated instructions that come with cheap products shipped from China. --- but tattoos... that's a whole different thing. 2 2points reply Stannous Flouride Stannous Flouride Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yes, I think there's been more than a few of those posted here on BP. 1 1point reply KokoMomo KokoMomo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah, terrible English in Asian countries is hilarious, but I don't see them tattooed as much as the Chinese/Japanese characters. 1 1point reply Rose the Cook Rose the Cook Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Funniest one I ever heard was "closed on Mondays". I have no idea what the person thought it meant but I doubt it was that. 12 12points reply Honu Honu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) For me it was a young woman who had gotten the logo from an imported Chinese tea she liked. The English on the box was peace/serenity/happiness kind of feel-good stuff. The actual writing in the logo was "Good Quality. Low Price." 8 8points reply Load More Replies... Mike Loux Mike Loux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago *wiggles eyebrows* 1 1point reply Karin Karin Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Kind of like the song or movie, "Never on Sunday." 0 0points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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30 Of The Most Cringeworthy Tattoos That People Who Are Fluent In Chinese And Japanese Have Seen
Liucija Adomaite andMantas Kačerauskas
Publish Not your original work? Add source Nobody wants "demon bird mothballs" permanently carved on their hand. People had better opt for ink scribbles like "inspiration," "my journey," or "live life to the fullest." But in some cases, this is the price you pay for one, lack of research; two, impulsive decision making; and three, poor translation. There's also an aspect of cultural appropriation with Westerners tattooing Hanzi and Kanji (the Chinese and Japanese character sets) that cannot be overlooked. It doesn't, however, deter people from getting one. You probably still remember Britney Spears' infamous bikini tattoo that was supposed to mean 'mysterious,' but turned out to be 'strange.' With numerous examples way worse than Britney's surfing around online, we were wondering what people fluent in Japanese and Chinese have to say about such a trend. So scroll down for the worst tattoos of Far East logograms spotted by people who know the real meaning behind them, and be sure to check out our previous articles with more fails like these here and here. This post may include affiliate links. #1 When I was in the Army, one of the guys I was in with had this tattoo that he was super proud of.
He claimed it meant fierce. We went with it.
A few months later, we're sent, as a group, to San Francisco as part of a recruiting, P/R trip.
We go into Chinatown and a get dinner together.
The guy with the tat always made sure that tat was visible.
We're sitting at the table and the waitress takes our order, as she does she looks at dude and asks if he raises chickens?
Dude: "What are taking about?"
Waitress: "You have chicken on your arm."
Dude: "No, it says fierce"
Waitress in calls to another and says, "What that say?" "tell him."
Second Waitress: "Chicken"
You could just see dude die inside. Especially when a third person who's English wasn't as good says "It say cock" gunbunnycb Report Final score: 289points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That last line sounds like the 3rd person wanted in on the fun :) 115 115points reply View More Replies... View more comments #2 I read about one once that was supposed to read "badass," which it technically did, but the translation was closer to "evil anus." SilentMunch Report Final score: 285points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Hahahahaha that's brilliant. 106 106points reply View more comments #3 I speak Japanese. A guy had a massive Kanji tattoo on his arm. I asked him, “what did you ask them to put on you?” He said “oh, this? It means courage.”
Sir, that means breastmilk. theskiingblonde Report Final score: 246points POST Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It does take courage to wear that. 138 138points reply View More Replies... View more comments There's no one single reason why hanzi and kanji on tattoo aficionados' bodies sometimes end up in failure. First, there's the lack of research which may be time and effort-consuming, meaning that you have to consult the experts in Chinese/Japanese languages to really tell you the meaning of your chosen logogram. Then, there's an overconfidence in the tattoo artist, who may not know the language you want your tattoo inked in. It doesn't mean you can put the blame on them-it's not their job to work as language editors, but rather to give you a beautiful and precise work of ink you'll likely carry for the rest of your life. #4 鸡蛋 meaning egg tattooed on the side of his face - didn’t help that the man was bald and it took all my willpower to not laugh in his face i-nct Report Final score: 208points POST Sue Hazlewood Sue Hazlewood Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Left with egg on his face, love it. 106 106points reply View more comments #5 Dude I worked with long time ago had "to the grave" on his arm.
Both of our managers came from China (one was Chinese, the other Vietnamese who grew up in China). When he asked the one what his tattoo said, she said "cheapskate!"
He was mortified and said "no, no, it means to the grave" and she said "yeah, when you die, you'll take all your belongings with you to the grave. You won't leave anything for anyone. You're cheap" he says "no, no, it means I take all my secrets to the grave!" She goes "that's not what your arms says"
He was soooo pissed. suestrong315 Report Final score: 176points POST Eseri Akullu Eseri Akullu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In my country this rich dude was buried with millions in this huge grave. He was buried in a rural area where his parents were from and the residents were basically very very poor. Needless to say, the grave was robbed 78 78points reply View More Replies... View more comments #6 It’s not me but my stepdad got a symbol on the back of his neck that he THOUGHT meant “warrior” or “strong” or something like that. Someone told him one day that it 100% says “spicy.” BillyDomo Report Final score: 164points POST Kat Kat Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not THAT bad though... 86 86points reply View More Replies... View more comments And third, a momentary impulse to get a tattoo without really thinking it through is most likely to blame. When your head is in the clouds and you really get fascinated with a particular character which, in your mind, looks amazing, sounds amazing and carries an amazing meaning, you don't even think of the prospect of regret. This dawns on you after you leave the tattoo parlor, after someone who really knows the language starts cringing while making you regret the decision. But no matter what kind of tattoo you're getting, whether it's hanzi, kanji, something impulsive, something you ink while drunk, or something you made while a teen in your friend's garage, regret is a big part of being an owner of the tattoo. And while proud owners don't have it, others, like the tattoo aficionados in this list, probably know the feeling when otherwise perfect inkwork suddenly turns sour. #7 One of my coworkers requested the character for “free” as in “freedom” which would be 自由, however because he just used translation apps, he ended up with 免 as in 免税 which means “tax free.” Its also on his hand and is always visible. simaxiang Report Final score: 161points POST Madison Feehan Madison Feehan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Tell me he has another one that says "for services rendered." 71 71points reply View more comments #8 Saw 黄 on someone's neck. It means "yellow".
Asked her why she had 'yellow' tattooed on her and she started to explain its spiritual significance in Chinese culture but I had to interrupt and say "No, it really means yellow, like the color."
Felt kind of like a dick afterwards, to be honest, but at the moment i thought it was right to bring it up to her. daishide Report Final score: 158points POST pusheen buttercup pusheen buttercup Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago You did the right thing 69 69points reply View more comments #9 I used to work at a bar and a lady came in with 自転車 on her shoulder. I speak Japanese and asked her what it meant. She replied proudly “driven to be self motivated”. That word means bicycle in Japanese. LordDessik Report Final score: 155points POST Skara Brae Skara Brae Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago Well, someone riding a bicycle is driving a 'self-motivated' vehicle, so maybe the tattoo was intended to be allegorical. 76 76points reply View More Replies... View more comments So in order to find out more about tattoo regrets and how to avoid them, Bored Panda reached out to Orsolya Molnár, a London-based professional tattoo artist who has been tattooing people since 2014. She specializes in delicate blackwork, dotwork, black & grey and linework tattoos, as well as florals, birds, animals and other naturalistic designs that fit the body. "In my opinion, these days people are a lot more deliberate when it comes to getting a tattoo," Orsolya said and added that they do more research and put more energy into coming up with an idea. #10 Buddy from high school had the nickname "Beast". Got that tattooed in between his shoulder blades in some Asian looking characters. Home from college over the summer, playing sand volleyball, shirt off, random Asian girl asked him why he had "bread" tattooed there. pdhot65ton Report Final score: 154points POST James016 James016 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The answer would be: "Because I am essential" 84 84points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11 I saw a manager demanding Karen b***hing out a cashier with “chicken” on her neck. I asked her about her cool tattoo and she said it means “hope.” Uh, nope - chicken. I just love whomever did this to her over-entitled self. RosieCakeness Report Final score: 153points POST Steve Wilson Steve Wilson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago “Chicken”? Are you sure it wasn’t “c**k”? 105 105points reply View More Replies... View more comments #12 I can't read it but a girl i was seeing pointed out my ex girlfriend had a tattoo that read something like "demo text" on her shoulder. suitology Report Final score: 147points POST GoodWolf GoodWolf Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Lorem ipsum 121 121points reply View More Replies... View more comments Having said that, Orsolya confirmed that there will always be people who regret a tattoo for some reason or other. "Usually they regret it because they chose the wrong tattoo artist and don't like the outcome or because they got tattooed younger in the '90s or early 2000s and they no longer want to have those older ones. However, nowadays it is a lot easier to get old tattoos removed or covered up." "Another type of tattoo that people often regret is their significant other's name on their body-I've had to cover up quite a few of these on clients," she recounted. #13 At a bar with my buddy Steve-o (not the jackass one) and Steve-o is talkin to some guy about his neck tattoos. Guy was saying one meant power and the other meant strength, cause that's who he is (or some other bulls**t along those lines, I had a few pints at that point).
Chinese? fella a few seats down chuckles while putting down his beard. Looks up and says "That not Power Strength! That Kitchen Sink!"
Steve-o and I lost all of our spaghetti laughing, sides in orbit with a couple of strangers.
My cheeks hurt just remembering it. DerrylliusKlyne Report Final score: 146points POST Mark Trombley Mark Trombley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I am having trouble with the "lost all of our spaghetti laughing, sides in orbit" part. Is this another typo or is this a common saying in some part of the world? 52 52points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14 I knew someone that got the Chinese characters that were supposed to mean “sky”.
A Chinese friend of theirs pointed out it meant “ceiling”. Lady_butt_hole Report Final score: 135points POST Fey Magi Fey Magi Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Oh yeah- in some language in Asia, we call ceiling 'sky' sorta- I can totally see how the character can be mixed up. SO yeah- 31 31points reply View more comments #15 I speak and read mandarin and cantonese fluently, and one time I was in Boston with my family to visit family and we ended up at this seafood restaurant. When my family sat down there was another family there and one of those people being the dad. The dad was huge, like Arnold Schwarzenegger huge, and on his arm he had a massive tattoo saying “打飛機.” I’m pretty sure the guy used to be from the air force because he had a bunch of papers in his back pack and stuff because the restaurant served free meals to people that served in the army, so his tattoo translated from Mandarin to English which means “hit air plane,” it sounds sort of reasonable since he severed in the air force but the thing is if you were to translate this from cantonese to english, it would also mean “hit air plane” but it’s also slang for “to jack off” Guest82O1 Report Final score: 131points POST Maiun Maiun Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Did you tell him???? 36 36points reply View More Replies... View more comments When asked what kind of tattoo design the professional artist would refuse to do on a client's body, Orsolya said that all respectable tattoo artists would refuse any sort of hate symbols or signs. "I personally don't tattoo minors either. But unfortunately, as in any profession, there are always some who would do it," she said. "Otherwise, sometimes clients reach out and want a design in a very specific style that isn't what I do usually-I would most likely refuse them as well. It's always best to go to an artist that specializes in the style that you want." #16 A person from work had a fairly small Japanese tattoo that was supposed to read "Big Brains". (He'd just got his degree or something, so this was a celebration of that)
A Japanese co-workers started laughing and said it was more like "Big Head". MisterMarcus Report Final score: 118points POST Incitatus Incitatus Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago (edited) Sounds like he had both! 45 45points reply View More Replies... View more comments #17 There was a somewhat famous dude among the Chinatown dwellers where I lived awhile back. He was a big, buff white guy who would always hang out in Chinatown with shirts that had the sleeves ripped off. He was pointed out to me in roughly this manner, “Look at that guy. His name is Ben. Ben has a tattoo of his name in Chinese on his upper arm. Ben insisted on having the pinyin of his name tattooed instead of being given a proper Chinese name. Ben is proud of his tattoo. Ben likes to introduce himself to the Asian people in Chinatown by pointing to his tattoo.”
Ben in pinyin = “pen” (pronounced pe-hn, which does sound like an Asianfied “Ben”). “Pen” in Mandarin means stupid. Dude introduced himself as stupid for years. Afaik no one has ever told him. Everyone knows Ben though. CabaiBurung Report Final score: 117points POST Random Person Random Person Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) Well technically, 'Ben' should literally be translated to 'běn' in pinyin. 'Pen' doesn't mean stupid, 'bèn笨' does. 21 21points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Woman Shows How "Harry Potter" Characters Were Supposed To Look According To Book Descriptions (35 Pics) 50 ‘Weird Facts’ About The World That Might Give You A Fresh Perspective #18 "As a matter of priority I declare, I am a wife beater"
Is what I saw on a man's arm.
(作为优先事项，我声明我是殴打妻子的人)
he thinks it's means something along the lines of "the best, strongest, manliest man is right here!" The_WereArcticFox Report Final score: 116points POST Allan Breum Allan Breum Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That... kinda sounds like the tattoo artist did that on purpose. 94 94points reply View More Replies... View more comments Before getting a tattoo, Orsolya reminds everyone to do their research to see that you like the work and style of the artist you want to go to. "Nowadays, it's very easy to find good tattoo artists on Instagram. Once you have the artist and you know what you want to get, reach out to them and tell them what you're thinking about. But be open to some changes if it makes the tattoo better." #19 I saw someone with a tattoo that said 下品 "inferior goods" once
But my favorite was a white person with a tattoo that said 白人 which means "white person" roipoiboy Report Final score: 108points POST Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Those are japanese. One mean indecency and the other mean caucasian. 32 32points reply View More Replies... View more comments #20 "马马"， which means "horse horse". 100% sure that guy wanted a "mama", but "妈"[mā］means "mom", while "马"[mă] means "horse", they sound similar, but with different tones [deleted] Report Final score: 107points POST Sky Render Sky Render Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago At least that's easy enough to fix. Weird that character for "mom" appears to have the characters for woman and horse as its components, though... 15 15points reply View More Replies... View more comments #21 Shrimp Dumpling, huge tattoo on a jacked guy. charlie_chapped_lips Report Final score: 105points POST grotesqueer grotesqueer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Considering the stereotype of jacked/huge men having small penises, this is way funny! 53 53points reply View more comments "To me getting a tattoo should be a personal decision. Clients often seek out the opinions of others around them when it comes to the design and placement etc. and listen to their opinions over themselves or the artist." The professional tattoo artist added that clients should also be ready to listen to their artists "as we are the ones that know how to make a design fit the body and have it look good for decades to come. Sometimes this means that a tattoo should be bigger or should be in a different spot as the skin loses elasticity and can massively change how the tattoo looks over the years," Orsolya concluded. #22 I saw a picture once of a huge back piece that just said "vegetables". discountErasmus Report Final score: 95points POST Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago A vegan? 31 31points reply View more comments #23 As a tattoo artist, I've seen many. I myself, can't read Kanji but I explain to my client that it's probably most likely not the word they want. Most clients realize that and for some reason still get it. Google can't possibly be right all the time, that's my stance on it.
Worst one I've seen though, one that was translated to picnic table. xurism Report Final score: 93points POST Madison Feehan Madison Feehan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's okay, just tattoo "Yogi Bear" on the other arm. 57 57points reply View More Replies... View more comments #24 I saw a girl with 水炎 tattooed which means 'Water' and 'Inflammation'.
She must have wanted 水火 which means 'Water' and 'Fire'.
炎, Inflammation is two 火 Fires, one on top of the other pickmeuptomorrow Report Final score: 93points POST grotesqueer grotesqueer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I love the explanation. It kinda makes me want to learn the language. 58 58points reply View More Replies... View more comments #25 Japanese kanji "Friend Boat." They thought it read "friendship." tropicofducks Report Final score: 91points POST grotesqueer grotesqueer Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Well, technically, it does. If I was them, I would probably be kinda excited about this accident. It simultaneously communicates what it was supposed to, but then it's also a pun. 34 34points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26 Not me, but my father once met a woman who wanted to have “bad girl,” like as in “badass,” tattooed on her in Chinese.
The characters didn’t really mean that, though. It, uh, meant something more along the lines of a woman who would cheat on her husband and take advantage of men. sigma-octantis Report Final score: 88points POST Madison Feehan Madison Feehan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It Said Succubus? 23 23points reply View More Replies... View more comments #27 My friends mum had what she thought was her name on her chest, her friend at work asked why she had 'population of China' tatted on her lottus4 Report Final score: 87points POST Allan Breum Allan Breum Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Maybe it was her "Body count" :P 23 23points reply View More Replies... View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #28 笨 as a tramp stamp. It literally means stupid. used_npkin Report Final score: 83points POST Madison Feehan Madison Feehan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Well if you are voluntarily getting a tramp stamp then you're kinda... 45 45points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29 I knew an English girl in Japan who had kanji for woman on her arm. It is also the sign for ladies toilets. Suddenly gets less sexy. Zabawka25 Report Final score: 78points POST Julie C Rose Julie C Rose Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) *sigh* That’s because Japanese uses the same characters for both singular and plural, and because Japanese doesn’t distinguish between “woman” and “lady” unless you’re saying “lady” as in “rich/classy woman”. That’s not a mistake on their part; that’s you not being fluent enough. 28 28points reply View More Replies... View more comments #30 I know a girl who had "壊疽" ("gangrene") tattooed on her side and it quickly became her nickname ([sic] name-call). Even her family began calling her that. She was a very mean person, simply put, and I can only guess the tattoo artist was getting back at her. This was about five years ago and nobody hears much from her nowadays. cdngoneguy Report Final score: 76points POST Zedrapazia Zedrapazia Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago I don't understand this one. What does the tattoo mean? 2 2points reply View More Replies... View more comments Note: this post originally had 35 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes. Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing! Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Add Your Answer! Not your original work? Add source Publish Change image Upload Photo Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB. Upload Upload Edit Image Error occurred when generating embed. Please check link and try again. Render conversation
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LOL 25 25points reply Mystery Egg Mystery Egg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Goes both ways; the terrible English in Asian countries is hilarious. 22 22points reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I love terrible translations in general. There's something so entertaining about them. 17 17points reply Load More Replies... Joanna Joanna Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I've seen bad T-shirts for sure, but the only bad English text tattoos I've ever seen were on native English-speakers. 3 3points reply Kira Okah Kira Okah Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Seen it as tattoos on people too, at least I did in Beijing. Saw several people with tattoos of "happy" and "product", "prostitute" was sadly common too. 1 1point reply Aliquid Aliquid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Terrible translations are everywhere, and they are all funny. I often am amused with poorly translated instructions that come with cheap products shipped from China. --- but tattoos... that's a whole different thing. 2 2points reply Stannous Flouride Stannous Flouride Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yes, I think there's been more than a few of those posted here on BP. 1 1point reply KokoMomo KokoMomo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah, terrible English in Asian countries is hilarious, but I don't see them tattooed as much as the Chinese/Japanese characters. 1 1point reply Rose the Cook Rose the Cook Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Funniest one I ever heard was "closed on Mondays". I have no idea what the person thought it meant but I doubt it was that. 12 12points reply Honu Honu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) For me it was a young woman who had gotten the logo from an imported Chinese tea she liked. The English on the box was peace/serenity/happiness kind of feel-good stuff. The actual writing in the logo was "Good Quality. Low Price." 8 8points reply Load More Replies... Mike Loux Mike Loux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago *wiggles eyebrows* 1 1point reply Karin Karin Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Kind of like the song or movie, "Never on Sunday." 0 0points reply Load More Comments POST Beth Sito Beth Sito Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago When I was younger, I got a tattoo on the back of my neck of a Chinese symbol... when people now ask what it means I tell them that it means that I am capable of making horrible mistakes. LOL 25 25points reply Mystery Egg Mystery Egg Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Goes both ways; the terrible English in Asian countries is hilarious. 22 22points reply Monday Monday Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I love terrible translations in general. There's something so entertaining about them. 17 17points reply Load More Replies... Joanna Joanna Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I've seen bad T-shirts for sure, but the only bad English text tattoos I've ever seen were on native English-speakers. 3 3points reply Kira Okah Kira Okah Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Seen it as tattoos on people too, at least I did in Beijing. Saw several people with tattoos of "happy" and "product", "prostitute" was sadly common too. 1 1point reply Aliquid Aliquid Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Terrible translations are everywhere, and they are all funny. I often am amused with poorly translated instructions that come with cheap products shipped from China. --- but tattoos... that's a whole different thing. 2 2points reply Stannous Flouride Stannous Flouride Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yes, I think there's been more than a few of those posted here on BP. 1 1point reply KokoMomo KokoMomo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah, terrible English in Asian countries is hilarious, but I don't see them tattooed as much as the Chinese/Japanese characters. 1 1point reply Rose the Cook Rose the Cook Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Funniest one I ever heard was "closed on Mondays". I have no idea what the person thought it meant but I doubt it was that. 12 12points reply Honu Honu Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) For me it was a young woman who had gotten the logo from an imported Chinese tea she liked. The English on the box was peace/serenity/happiness kind of feel-good stuff. The actual writing in the logo was "Good Quality. Low Price." 8 8points reply Load More Replies... Mike Loux Mike Loux Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago *wiggles eyebrows* 1 1point reply Karin Karin Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Kind of like the song or movie, "Never on Sunday." 0 0points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O. 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