Chinese and English comparison table of clothing terminology on Wish platform
When selling clothing on Wish, accurate use of technical terminology is crucial for product descriptions. This article has compiled a series of comparisons of Chinese and English terms related to clothing to help sellers better understand and apply these terms.
Clothing parts and details
- modeling Clothing styling
- silhouette clothing silhouette
- design drawing Style design drawing
- effect drawing Clothing effect drawing
- cutting drawing Clothing cutting drawing
- structure line Clothing structure line
- zhongshan coat collar Zhongshan coat collar
- pointed collar / peaked collar pointed collar
- shirt collar shirt collar or village collar
- sleeve sleeves
- sleeve opening cuffs
- collar collar
- structure structure; structure
- effeet Appearance, sound, impression, effect
- cuff Sleeve head refers to the small cuff that holds the sleeve head
- elastic cuff Elastic cuff
- rib-knit cuff Rib cuffs
- double cuff; French cuff; tumup-cuff; fold-back cuff Double sleeve head
- sleeve slit Sleeve slit
- sleeve placket sleeve strips
- top sleeve closed sleeve; outer sleeve
- under sleeve small sleeve; inner sleeve or lining sleeve
- insert pocket insert pocket
- patch pocket patch pocket
- double welt pocket Double welt pocket
- single welt pocket Single welt pocket
- card pocket card pocket
- breast pocket hand towel bag
- glasses pocket glasses bag
- zigzag inside pocket Zigzag inside pocket
- patch pocket with flap Patch pocket with flap
- bellows pocket punching bag
- accordion pocket accordion pocket
- inverted pleated pocket hidden pleated pocket
- box pleated pocket Pleated pocket
- inside pocket lining pocket
- collar tab collar tab
- hanger loop hanging loop
- shoulder tab; epaulet shoulder tab
- sleeve tab sleeve tab
- waist tab Waist tab
- round collar Round collar
- shawl collar shawl collar
- swallow collar; wing collar Swallow collar
- Convertible collar Dual-purpose collar, also called switch collar
- lotus leaf collar ruffle collar
- square collar Square collar
- mandarin collar Chinese style collar
- stand collar; Mao collar stand collar
- round neckline round neckline
- square neckline Square neckline
- boat neckline One-line neckline
- neckline; off neckline; sweetheart neckline; heart shaped neckline sweetheart neckline
- collar stand; collar band bottom collar
- lapel lapel
- fold line of collar collar top
- under line of collar collar opening
- top collar stand collar entrance
- collar edge Collar edge
- set-in sleeve round sleeve
- raglan sleeve raglan sleeve
- split raglan sleeve Round front and back sleeve
- shirt sleeve shirt sleeve
- raglan sleeve Raglan sleeve
- flare sleeve; trumpet sleeve trumpet sleeve
- puff sleeve Puff sleeve
- lantern sleeve; puff sleeve lantern sleeve
- batwing sleeve batwing sleeve
- petal sleeve petal sleeve
- waistbelt; waistband belt
- french tack thread loop
- facing Noodles
- flange ear skin
- binding Roller
- tuck Tucker
- flap bag flap
- shoulder seam shoulder seam
- notch collar
- front fly; top placket
- under fly lining
- front edge stop
- overlap build a door
- button-hole buttonhole
- button-hole space Eye distance
- armhole armhole
- notch lapel notch lapel
- peak lapel 戗Bartou
- bust Bust
- waist (clothing) waist; waist
- side seam side seam
- hem Hem refers to the lower edge of clothing
- gorge line serial port
- fold line for lapel 口口
- front cut rounded corners
- button position Button position, button position
- front yoke front yoke
- neck dart refers to the dart opened in the collar area
- bias strip piping
- band batten
- interlining interlining
- front interlining Front interlining
- bust dart front shoulder dart
- pocket dart threat province
- front waist dart Front waist dart
- side dart cross province
- single breasted Single breasted
- double breasted Double breasted
- closure (keyhole piece) placket
- under fly (buttoned piece) lining
- front edge placket stop
- placket Placket cuff
- buttonhole Buttonhole
- buttonhole spacing eye spacing
- mock button hole prosthetic eye
- button loop eye roll
- button placement buckle position
Fabric and texture
- lustrine 绡
- jacquard Jacquard
- burnt-out Burnt-out
- pongee pongee
- check grid
- stripe stripe
- double-layer double layer
- two-tone two-tone
- faille Huayao
- koshibo 高士宝
- chiffon chiffon
- georgette George
- taslon Taslon
- jeanet Denim
- oxford Oxford cloth
- cambric canvas
- P/C Polyester Cotton
- T/R Polyester twist
- white stripe white stripe
- blackstripe black stripe
- empty stripe empty stripe
- peach skin Washed velvet/peach skin
- peach twill Katanjong
- peach moss crepe
- organdy glass yarn
- polyester polyester
- nylon/polyamide Nylon
- cotton cotton
- rayon rayon
- viscose rayon
- imitated silk fabric imitation silk
- silk Silk
- spandex/elastic/strec/lycra spandex
- filament filament
- fabric fabric
- satin/charmeuse satin
- twill Twill
- taffeta plain
- lining lining
- polyester fiber polyester fiber
The above terms cover the main vocabulary that may be encountered in the process of clothing design and production. I hope it will be helpful to all sellers.