Why Do Tattooists Have to Learn Chinese? - 文身师为什么必须学中文?

In this video, we are talking about Chinese characters tattoos and tattooists in Germany. Recently, the German government stipulated that tattooists must learn Chinese in the future. But why do German tattooists have to learn Chinese? Let's have a look right now.

单词及短语

Key words and phrases

笑话 [xiào hua]
 
v. & n. laugh at, joke [HSK 4]
德国 [Dé guó]
 
n. Germany
汉字 [Hàn zì]
 
n. Chinese characters [HSK 1]
文身 [wén shēn]
 
n. & v. tattoo
几乎 [jī hū]
 
adv. almost [HSK 3]
文身师 [wén shēn shī]
 
n. tattooist
客人 [kè rén]
 
n. guest [HSK 3]
文 [wén]
 
v. tattoo
但是 [dàn shì]
 
conj. but [HSK 2]
因为……所以…… [yīn wèi……suǒ yǐ……]
 
because……so…… [HSK 2]
懂 [dǒng]
 
v. understand [HSK 2]
中文 [Zhōng wén]
 
n. Chinese (language) [HSK 3]
奇怪 [qí guài]
 
adj. strange [HSK 3]
既不……也不…… [jì bù……yě bù……]
 
neither……nor……
需要 [xū yào]
 
v. need [HSK 3]
考 [kǎo]
 
v. have an exam [HSK 2]
医学 [yī xué]
 
n. medicine [HSK 3]
知识 [zhī shi]
 
n. knowledge [HSK 4]
语言 [yǔ yán]
 
n.language [HSK 4]
水平 [shuǐ píng]
 
n. standard [HSK 3]
问题 [wèn tí]
 
n. problem [HSK 2]
根据 [gēn jù]
 
prep. according to [HSK 3]
调查 [diào chá]
 
v. investigate [HSK 4]
政府 [zhèng fǔ]
 
n. government [HSK 5]
规定 [guī dìng]
 
v. stipulate [HSK 4]
以后 [yǐ hòu]
 
n. afterwards, after [HSK 3]
必须 [bì xū]
 
adv. must [HSK 3]
可能 [kě néng]
 
adv. maybe [HSK 2]

短文

Reading Transcripts

Zài
guó
,
In Germany,
hěn
duō
rén
huan
Hàn
wén
shēn
.
many people like Chinese characters tattoo.
měi
ge
guó
wén
shēn
shī
dōu
gěi
rén
wén
guò
Hàn
.
Almost every German tattooist has tattooed Chinese characters for their guests.
Dàn
shì
,
But,
yīn
wèi
wén
shēn
shī
men
dǒng
Zhōng
wén
,
because tattooists don't understand Chinese themselves,
suǒ
men
jīng
cháng
gěi
rén
wén
xiē
guài
de
,
they often tattoo some strange words for their guests,
ràng
Zhōng
guó
rén
xiào
hua
.
making Chinese people laugh at them.
qián
,
In the past,
zài
guó
zuò
ge
wén
shēn
shī
nán
.
it was not hard to be a tattooist in Germany.
yào
kǎo
xué
zhī
shi
,
It was not necessary neither for medical knowledge,
yào
kǎo
yán
shuǐ
píng
.
nor language proficiency test.
Dàn
shì
,
But,
yīn
wèi
wén
shēn
de
rén
yuè
lái
yuè
duō
,
because more and more people have tattoos,
wèn
yuè
lái
yuè
duō
.
there are more and more problems.
Gēn
diào
chá
,
According to the survey,
Zhōng
wén
hǎo
shì
guó
wén
shēn
shī
zuì
de
wèn
.
Poor Chinese is the biggest problem of German tattooists.
Suǒ
,
So,
wèi
le
ràng
Zhōng
guó
rén
xiào
hua
,
In order not to make Chinese people laugh at,
guó
zhèng
zuì
jìn
guī
dìng
,
the German government stipulated recently,
hòu
de
wén
shēn
shī
dōu
xué
Zhōng
wén
.
tattooists must learn Chinese in the future.
hòu
,
In the future,
men
néng
kàn
dào
guài
de
Zhōng
wén
wén
shēn
le
.
we may not see the strange Chinese tattoos anymore.