Do some Googling on Chinese tattoos and you’ll quickly come across horror stories. Last year a story surfaced of a tattoo artist in Sao Paulo, Brazil arrested for tattooing a client with characters translating to “Chicken Noodle Soup” instead of a sentimental quote from Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince.
Fortunately, there is an app for that. Waygo is an offline instant visual translator for Chinese and Japanese. It’s as easy as pointing your phone at Chinese text to understand if you didn’t get the tattoo you wanted. Thankfully it also works for menus, signs, and just about anything for adventuring all over China.