Wednesday, 14 March 2012

What does it mean?

On board the TGVSeen on board the TGV high-speed train. Would any of my readers know what these characters mean?
Answer on 18th March: they mean "Hope". Thank you Keropokman of Singapore City Photo !

Vu dans le TGV. L'un de mes lecteurs sait-il ce que signifient ces caractères ?
Réponse le 18 mars : ils signifient "espoir". Merci à Keropokman de Singapore City Photo !
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24 comments:

  1. Michel Benoit14 March 2012 at 08:51

    私は知らない

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    我不知道

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  3. Babzy.B14 March 2012 at 08:53

    Je peux pas t'aider mais , ça fait une belle photo ;)

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  4. claude14 March 2012 at 09:01

    Bichel a certainement raison !!!
    Entre le vernis à ongles et le tatoo, cela lui fait un beau pied !

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  5. Nathalie14 March 2012 at 09:05

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  6. Nathalie14 March 2012 at 09:07

    Amusante réponse de Bichel - moi non plus je ne sais pas, et je ne sais même pas si c'est du japonais ou du chinois :)

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  7. Mo14 March 2012 at 10:39

    Love the close up. An opening for a mystery story.

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  8. jeandler14 March 2012 at 10:41

    Charmants les petons ripatons.
    Parions pour le Japonais.

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  9. Anonymous14 March 2012 at 11:18

    Je pense avoir deviner!!!!
    "ils sont beaux.... prenez moi en photo, un massage me ferait du bien"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Toujours l'oeif vif
    Nine

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  10. Nathalie14 March 2012 at 11:25

    Ah Nine, voilà une bonne idée ! :)))

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  11. Anonymous14 March 2012 at 11:41

    That is a tender place to have put a tattoo.

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  12. chri14 March 2012 at 14:39

    Je ne sais pas ce que cela signifie, le mandarin et moi, ce n'est pas le pied... (Ah ah impayable!).

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  13. Anonymous14 March 2012 at 15:12

    Chinese (Mandarin, actually) characters for "Left Foot"
    I had some similar for my hip operation a couple of years back
    http://youmustbefromaway.com/2008/04/22/i-dont-believe-it/

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  14. Jack15 March 2012 at 03:05

    "Left foot?" That isn't right. It means "I can stick my stinky feet out in the aisle if I want because I am special."

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  15. Nathalie15 March 2012 at 08:31

    "Left foot"? Mmmmh - I like Nine's suggestion better who (in French) said it meant "kiss me, caress me" :)))

    Jack - if that's any excuse, the young lady was pregnant and asleep across her partner's lap.

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  16. Tim15 March 2012 at 08:39

    Difficult to read at an angle like that, but it actually says "Wake me up when we're in Avignon" in Mandarin Chinese.

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  17. PerthDailyPhoto15 March 2012 at 10:51

    Haha! excellent comments for your image Nathalie. I like the French translation also, of course!

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  18. Nathalie15 March 2012 at 13:54

    jb - I get your point!

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  19. Susan15 March 2012 at 14:55

    I'll ask my students what the tattoo means.

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  20. Keropokman15 March 2012 at 15:50

    Hi Nathelie

    Thanks for visiting Singapore virtually! To answer the question you asked:

    Those two chinese characters are:
    希望 (Xīwàng)

    It means hope.
    Espérer


    Definitely not left leg. LOL

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  21. Anonymous16 March 2012 at 01:44

    Nathalie, c'est sensuelle cette photo alors les pieds sont sensuelles haha.
    yellowbridge.com c'est un dictionnaire chinoix et traducteur. C'est un magnifique site que j'aaaaaaaadore.vraiment c'est comme un cours de chinoix quand on l'étudit. tu peut peindre ces charactères pour avoir une traduction toi meme avec leur pinceau, couramment je n'ai pas le java script update pour le faire.

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  22. Nathalie16 March 2012 at 09:19

    Thank you so much Keropok man for providing the translation : Hope !
    That's probably as good as anything to have tattooed on your foot.

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  23. Susan19 March 2012 at 11:07

    Yes, my students tell me it means "hope."

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  24. Unknown24 March 2012 at 19:35

    Love the top image. Just great!

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