In this post I will provide Chinese clothing and footwear vocabulary.
How to say Small, Medium and Large clothes sizes in Chinese
To say Chinese clothes sizes, simply state the size and add
This is how to pronounce small, medium and large in Chinese:
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小 (xiǎo) Small -
中 (zhōng) Medium -
大 (dà) Large -
特 (tè) Extra
These are a list of sizes, either 号 (hào), meaning “number”, or 等 (děng), meaning “grade” or “class”, can be used to indicate you are talking about a size
English | Chinese | Pinyin |
Extra Small Size |
|
tè xiǎo hào |
Small Size |
|
xiǎo hào |
Medium Size |
|
zhōng hào |
Large Size |
|
dà hào |
Extra Large Size |
|
tèdà hào |
How to say numerical clothes sizes in Chinese
Numerical clothes sizes in Chinese are pronounced by simply adding 号(hào) or 等 (děng) after the size number, thus for example size 12 is simply 12号:
English | Chinese | Pinyin |
Size 2 |
|
èr |
Size 4 |
|
sì |
size 6 |
|
liù |
Size 8 |
|
bā |
size 10 |
|
shí |
Size 12 |
|
shí èr hào |
Size 14 |
|
shí sì hào |
Size 16 |
|
shí liù hào |
Size 18 |
|
shí bā |
Size 20 |
|
èr shí |