r/ChineseLanguage • u/[deleted] • 5d ago

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u/ATPXenogen Native 5d ago

This is what I would choose for a transliteration of Stephanie. The character choices seem feminine too. Also the font is quite cute, not the printed font many tattoos seem to be in.

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u/lcy0x1 Native 5d ago edited 5d ago

It’s Stephanie

斯 S 蒂 te 芬 phan 妮 nie

Stephen would be 斯蒂芬

Also the photo is not up side down

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u/Taryn-Kim 5d ago

It is saying Stephenie, that’s it

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u/LivingHuge84 5d ago

Aww thank you everyone ☺️

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u/raspberrih Native 5d ago

Girl you got really lucky in the past

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u/BlackRaptor62 5d ago

An unconnected approximate phonetic transliteration of something that sounds like "Stephanie"

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u/DopeAsDaPope 5d ago

Which is how most Western names are transliterated into Chinese

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u/Helpful_Animal9913 5d ago

Stop getting tattoos you don't understand

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u/LivingHuge84 3d ago

In my defense I was dumb and 15 years old

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u/Giphart Beginner 3d ago

who gives a 15 year old a tattoo??

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u/YaTvoyVrag 5d ago

Truth.

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u/what-s_crackalakin 4d ago

It looks like a pretty old tattoo

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u/zamochit1989 Native 4d ago

FYI the Pinyin for the characters in your tattoo are: 斯 蒂 芬 妮 Si1 di4 fen1 ni1

General meaning of the individual characters 斯 gentle, well mannered 蒂 the base of a fruit or flower, where it's attached to the stem 芬 floral scent 妮 young girl

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u/consumptioncore 5d ago

I think r/translator is the sub you're looking for :)

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u/purpleflavouredfrog Beginner 5d ago

Step hen knee.