Chinese Makeup and Cosmetics Vocabulary

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In this post I will cover vocabulary and phrases relating to makeup and cosmetics.

Check out my post on Chinese bathroom vocabulary and phrases, which provide some useful related vocabulary. You might also like my post on Chinese vocabulary for shopping.

Chinese Cosmetics Vocabulary

English Chinese Pinyin Pronunciation Literal Translation
compact 粉fěn盒hé fěn hé powder – box
cosmetics 化huà妆zhuāng品pǐn huàzhuāngpǐn
cotton buds 棉mián花hua棒bàng miánhuā bàng cotton – stick
cotton wool 药yào棉mián yàomián medical – cotton
face 粉fěn fěn
face cream (cold cream) 香xiāng脂zhī xiāngzhī fragrant – fat
fingernail 甲jiǎ剪jiǎn jiǎ jiǎn
lipstick 口kǒu红hóng kǒuhóng Mouth Red
lipstick 唇chún膏gāo chúngāo Lip Paste
mop 拖tuō把bǎ tuōbǎ drag – handle
nail polish 指zhǐ甲jia油yóu zhǐjiǎ yóu fingernail – oil
nail polish remover 洗xǐ指zhǐ甲jia油yóu液yè xǐ zhǐjiǎ yóu yè wash – nail polish – liquid
powder puff (cosmetics) 粉fěn扑pū fěnpū powder – fluffer
red nail polish 红hóng色sè指zhǐ甲jia油yóu / 红hóng指zhǐ甲jia油yóu hóngsè zhǐjiǎ yóu/ hóng zhǐjiǎ yóu red (colour) – nail polish

Chinese Cosmetics Phrases

English Chinese Pinyin Pronunciation
I am lookIng for a lIpstIck to go wIth thIs naIl polIsh. 我wǒ在zài找zhǎo能néng和hé指zhǐ甲jia油yóu搭dā配pèi的de口kǒu红hóng wǒ zài zhǎo néng hé zhǐjiǎ yóu dāpèi de kǒuhóng
Get out a bottle of nail polish remover. 取qǔ出chū一yī瓶píng卸xiè甲jiǎ液yè qǔchū yī píng xiè jiǎ yè
She applied a clear nail polish with a brush. 即jí‘`她tā用yòng指zhǐ甲jia刷shuā涂tú上shàng无wú色sè的de指zhǐ甲jia油yóu jí ‘tā yòng zhǐjiǎ shuā tú shàng wú sè de zhǐjiǎ yóu
I really like red nail polish 我wǒ很hěn喜xǐ欢huan红hóng色sè指zhǐ甲jia油yóu wǒ hěn xǐhuān hóngsè zhǐjiǎ yóu
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