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saahrawr (saahrawr) wrote in linguaphiles,
2012-10-18 02:49:00

Help with taobao?

I'd really like to buy some clothes on taobao, but the sizing chart is an image. I need to know if the child XL serves or will have to be the adult XS.
Can anyone help me? >_> (I just wanted to know the translation of the columns, I'm sorry if that was confusing)



Thank you!

EDIT: Thanks for the help!
Tags: chinese
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dustthouart

October 18 2012, 06:19:54 UTC 7 months ago

...what exactly are you asking? Serves as what?

The columns, from left to right, say size; age range; height; garment length; half bust; sleeve length; half waist. Is that what you want?

saahrawr

October 18 2012, 06:52:31 UTC 7 months ago

Is that what I wanted, I'm sorry if I was confusing. Thank You.

dorsetgirl

October 18 2012, 06:53:03 UTC 7 months ago

"half bust"? Is that how it's normally done in China?

dustthouart

October 18 2012, 06:57:09 UTC 7 months ago

A quick Google suggests the term used in English is "half chest" not half bust. I don't know a lot about fashion.

provencepuss

October 18 2012, 07:01:50 UTC 7 months ago

half a chest is better than no chest at all...very 'uplifting' ;)

saahrawr

October 18 2012, 07:11:12 UTC 7 months ago

The correct term is really half chest, thanks.

provencepuss

October 18 2012, 09:36:08 UTC 7 months ago Edited:  October 18 2012, 09:38:00 UTC

half bust - it is the lower half of a 'bustier' - the top half of a dress. Or a corset that does not include the bra element

see this ad; http://www.graverclothing.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=28_30_66&products_id=502

resident_pink

October 20 2012, 21:24:37 UTC 7 months ago

As I understand it, it's just the chest measurement. Nothing to do with a specific garment or style. The body measurements are usually given as circumferences, but here they seem to use only half the measurement (i.e. chest/waist from side to side).Normally, the numbers on a sizing chart refer to the whole circumference of chest, waist, hips etc.

dorsetgirl

October 18 2012, 09:52:32 UTC 7 months ago

Nor me, apparently - I've never heard of "half chest" as a measurement.

provencepuss

October 18 2012, 10:53:13 UTC 7 months ago

TBH I sense the new terror of a word being interpreted as 'rude'...."bust" may upset the neo-prissies. although I am sure no-one here is that silly

dorsetgirl

October 18 2012, 11:25:24 UTC 7 months ago

Having looked it up, it seems to be a measurement of clothes rather than people, and while "bust" is gender-specific, "chest" is not. I hadn't heard of "half-bust", either.

provencepuss

October 18 2012, 11:53:53 UTC 7 months ago Edited:  October 18 2012, 11:57:13 UTC

I looked it up too...it seems to be the shirt equivalent of the inside leg measurement for trousers.
Half bust is still applied in lingerie for the form not the measurement.
come to think of it - it would be a useful element - too many dresses assume that if you have a certain bust measurement you are tall or 'long waisted' having the bust to waist measurement might make life easier.

resident_pink

October 20 2012, 21:27:52 UTC 7 months ago

Perhaps they have such small chests the front is not very different from the back, so a circumference is not needed? Or the measurements are based on male clothes, where the difference between the front and back probably is even less.

lucie_p

October 21 2012, 10:35:54 UTC 7 months ago

The chart is about children's clothes.

resident_pink

October 21 2012, 23:04:46 UTC 7 months ago

I'm aware of that. Nonetheless, sizing charts (for children's clothes or adult) in the Western world tend to give whole body circumference measurements. I was commenting to the person bringing up different styles of women's undergarments to explain "half bust" that the original question had nothing to do with different garments, but rather just the body measurement – in half.

dorsetgirl

October 18 2012, 06:48:51 UTC 7 months ago

If you want someone to tell you which size you need to order, you'd need to explain what size you normally buy. Is that what you meant?

saahrawr

October 18 2012, 06:54:07 UTC 7 months ago

I wanted to know the translation of the columns, but has already been answered. Thank You!