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how do i spell timmy in chinese

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I was requested to do a tattoo her husbands name is Timmy and she wants it in Chinese

 

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June 21 2006 at 12:03 PM (6 minutes and 5 seconds later)
         
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Chinese characters do not work the same way that English words do.

Since Timmy is an proper name, there would not be a direct Chinese Traslation. What the Chinese would do is find characters that would make the equivalent sounds.

Of course, on a tattoo, not knowing it was a name, it would just be jibberish to anyone who could actually read the characters.

If they would like to have two characters that when spoken aloud make the sound timmy, I can accomodate, however, it will not make much sense.


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