19 Epic Chinese Tattoo Fails

Don't tattoo chinese characters on yourself unless you are absolutely sure of what they mean, and that they are written correctly.

[mybraineatseverything]

Back in the 80's, my then-husband had a shirt with Chinese characters on it. one day while he was wearing it, he walked into a store owned and run by an old Chinese man. As soon as he saw the shirt, he burst out laughing and said, you're not pretty! My ex asked him what he meant and the guy said, your shirt it says buy me I'm pretty! You're not pretty! he never wore that shirt again.

[OfficialSandfreak]

a friends tattoo says "Congratulations You can read chinese" in chinese character

[vikkifarra]

A friend of mine had "Kung Po Chicken Extra Sauce No Vegetables" tattooed on his leg. He knew it was correct because when he would order his food he just showed them the tattoo. The people in the kitchen would come out to look at the crazy white guy with his food order tattooed on his leg. His order was never wrong. :-) Yes he is crazy, but at least he made sure the Chinese was correct!

[lesliemccormick]

One of my neighbour's teenaged daughters, aged 17, went to China on a student exchange trip last year for several months. She claims to love all things Asian, and wanted to express that with a tattoo on her inner arm. She wanted a "real Chinese tattoo" so she got the characters for what she thought was "Peace, Love, Harmony, Tranquility, Grace" tattooed a few days before the end of her trip.
Recently she was proudly showing it off to their visiting Chinese students, who started giggling.
They claim it really says: "Foolish foreigners waste money."

[JeffreyOsb]

I was living in Asia for a few years and damn, you should see what some of those shirts say in English...

[ROCKDIVA]

This is why you shouldn't get a tattoo in a language you can't read, write, or understand.

[LiNa-ercc]

they even misspell English sentences, what makes you think they can write foreign languages without typos

[homerilias]

There's the story of a chinese girl here in Germany. She wanted to get a tatto in these old german letters. It was supposed to mean sticking together (maybe for her boyfriend). They tattoed "Klebstoff", wich means glue.

[dymondkittync]

Why get a tattoo in a language you can't read?? 😂

[candynecklacesx]

My dad once told me a work friend of his got "fear no man" tattooed on his arm in Chinese but it actually said "lemon duck"

[maeday]

If I got a tattoo in Chinese script, I would want it to say "I don't know" so if someone asks me what it says I can just say I don't know

[almonies]

Soooo the moral of the story is; consult a trustworthy Chinese friend before getting a Chinese tattoo.

[lucasmax]

Awesome video. Never saw a show before where Chinese speakers evaluate bad tattoos...this could be a regular segment. So funny! And great interesting hosts. ☺

[ColKorn]

My secretary's son-in-law thought he had his name tattooed on his arm until he was in a Chinese restaurant one day and the waitress started laughing at him and said, "Oooh, you Bad Little Baby!!!! :D

[jeonghansjudgingface]

If I was Chinese I’d point to peoples tattoos and say “hey I love shrimp fried rice too”

[patrickomeagher]

When I first moved to Japan as an ESL teacher, I had a coworker named Gary. He had an advanced class one day full of Japanese English teachers and university students, all of which were attractive young women. One asked to see his foreigner registration card because she was curious how they had translated his name. When he handed it to her, she started laughing loudly and showing the other students, who were almost rolling on the floor by the time they told him what was up. When the immigration office translated his name into katagana, it was the characters for geri, which is Japanese for diarrhea.

[needsmoreboosters]

2:32 *COFFIN MAN, TAKE ME BY THE HAND LEAD ME TO THE LAND!*

[salahberjawi]

funny as hell, I'm gonna move to china and start tattooing " cod and chips" on unsuspecting China men and tell them it means something like "fearless " or "loyalty " . VENGEANCE WILL BE MINE lol

[Tizzandor]

I wonder if there are Chinese dudes with random western words on their body.. like chicken soup or banana...

[loganhensley]

My friend got "heaven" on her hip bone in Chinese. I have a friend that was born and raised in Hong Kong so I showed it to him n asked what it said. It actually says "DOLLAR". Lmao