My tattoo what does it say, its meant to say Laura but ...

[Bekki Fleming]

here it is, could anyone tell me what it says please? I hope its not offensive

[jkhsu]

It's 珞拉 (luò lā). The 拉 is tattooed incorrectly in my opinion but perhaps there is a different way to write it, I am not sure. 珞拉 is basically the sound of your English name transcribed using Chinese characters. There is no specific meaning for those characters taken together other than to have it sound like "Laura". If you break the characters apart, 珞 = neck ornament and 拉 = to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat. You can find the meanings in mdbg.net

[Benignant]

I don't get it. Why people like to ink their names in CHINESE? That doesn't make you look wiser anyway...

[Saxondale]

Hmm the 拉 does look a bit off : /

[BlackAnger]

Laura should be translated into 劳拉。珞拉 means nothing.

[OneEye]

So enlighten us, what does 勞拉 mean? Aside from being an approximation of the sound of Laura, just like 珞拉.

[liuzhou]

the 拉 does look a bit off

It's quite often written that way. Here is a picture of the packet of 拉面 I bought earlier today, for example.

[kdavid]

哈哈哈

So 劳拉 would be laboring to make noodles? (I kid...)

[Hofmann]

裸啦 would be more interesting.

[xiaocai]

but the writing is not very good? I would agree. But the transliteration itself is alright. (despite being a little "unconventional")

[shinewind]

裸啦 - a hero, or a joke. give a shot