patrickd Posted August 23, 2008 at 10:50 PM Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 at 10:50 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonglin Posted August 24, 2008 at 03:20 AM Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 at 03:20 AM It doesn't mean anything. It's pronounced Dan1na4, and is a fairly popular transliteration of the English name "Dana". The font looks very childish (probably intentionally so... think "Comic Sans" in English but worse...) It's 丹娜 in a standard font. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandeX Posted August 24, 2008 at 10:34 AM Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 at 10:34 AM It's not a tatoo, it's paper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted August 24, 2008 at 11:24 AM Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 at 11:24 AM No, not tattoo at all. As yonglin said it is a transliteration for "Dana". IMHO it looks quite ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashiriKata Posted August 24, 2008 at 11:36 AM Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 at 11:36 AM (edited) Someone was just trying to write their name in Chinese. Let's give them some appropriate compliments (such as the writing is cute and definitely legible! ) (But if the writing is going to be applied as a tattoo, the truth then needs to be told! ) Edited August 24, 2008 at 05:05 PM by HashiriKata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted August 26, 2008 at 01:45 PM Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 at 01:45 PM oh but it's agent scully's name ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickd Posted September 1, 2008 at 12:32 PM Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 at 12:32 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted September 1, 2008 at 12:52 PM Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 at 12:52 PM it's on a piece of paper, thus not a tattoo. it's a common transliteration for the name "donna". you're welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted September 1, 2008 at 12:57 PM Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 at 12:57 PM Merging - one thread per attempt to brand yourself, please. Or have you ditched Dana and started dating a Donna? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted September 1, 2008 at 01:11 PM Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 at 01:11 PM Also have a read of this, to understand why no matter what Chinese characters you choose for whatever western name you're trying to find the characters for, it will still be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted September 1, 2008 at 01:16 PM Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 at 01:16 PM Also have a read of this, to understand why no matter what Chinese characters you choose for whatever western name you're trying to find the characters for, it will still be wrong. Wrong. This is a strong word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted September 1, 2008 at 02:26 PM Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 at 02:26 PM Getting a tattoo is a lifelong thing. In situations like this I don't think using strong words is out of place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrickd Posted September 1, 2008 at 02:33 PM Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 at 02:33 PM No a tattoist said that was how you spell donna (which actually meant dana, so she asked her chinese friend write donna and he have her the 2nd one, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted September 1, 2008 at 03:40 PM Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 at 03:40 PM You can't spell in Chinese, since it doesn't have an alphabet. The best you can do is pick characters that sort of sound like Dana or Donna (which imho is not the same name at all, but then I'm not named Dana or Donna). If you want to tattoo the approximate sound of either of those names, the characters you posted here are not a bad choice. You might want to change the font though, they look childish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.stinky Posted September 1, 2008 at 06:58 PM Report Share Posted September 1, 2008 at 06:58 PM and when you finally dump dana or donna, you can tell your friends that's how the chinese spell doughnut/donut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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