Clothes sizes: US vs. China
Sep 19th, 2008 | By Hongguang | Category: EnglishClothing sizes in China are always confusing and even the Chinese sometimes have no clue. If you are to visit or living in China, it is surely useful to know the differences in clothing sizes. The following charts are supposed to be a useful tool in converting clothing sizes.
However, we cannot guarantee that the information is absolutely correct, because sizes of clothing vary between manufacturers and even between different designs by the same manufacturer. So the charts below are for approximate reference only.
Men’s
Dress Shirts
|
US |
China |
|
|
14 |
S |
36 |
|
14½ |
S |
37 |
|
15 |
M |
38 |
|
15½ |
M |
39 |
|
16 |
L |
40 |
|
16½ |
L |
41 |
|
17 |
XL |
42 |
|
17½ |
XL |
43 |
|
18 |
XXL |
44 |
|
18½ |
XXL |
45 |
Knitwear
|
US |
China |
|
- |
36 |
|
XS |
38 |
|
S |
40 |
|
M |
42 |
|
L |
44 |
|
XL |
46 |
|
XXL |
48 |
|
XXXL |
50 |
Dresses and Jackets
|
US |
China |
|
|
34 |
加小码 |
|
|
36 |
小码 |
|
|
38 |
中码 |
|
|
40 |
中码 |
|
|
42 |
大码 |
|
|
44 |
大码 |
|
|
46 |
加大码 |
|
|
48 |
加大码 |
|
Pants
|
US |
China |
|
29 |
27码 |
|
30-31 |
28码 |
|
32-33 |
29码 |
|
34-35 |
30码 |
|
36-37 |
31码 |
|
38-39 |
32码 |
|
40-41 |
34码 |
|
42-43 |
36码 |
Shoes
|
US |
China |
|
6 |
39 |
|
6.5 |
39.5 |
|
7 |
40 |
|
8 |
41.5 |
|
8.5 |
42 |
|
9 |
42.5 |
|
9.5 |
43.5 |
|
10 |
44 |
|
10.5 |
44.5 |
|
11 |
45 |
|
11.5 |
46 |
|
12 |
46.5 |
Women’s
Tops
|
US |
China |
|
XXS |
超小码 |
|
XS |
加小码 |
|
S |
小码 |
|
M |
中码 |
|
L |
大码 |
|
XL |
加大码 |
|
XXL |
超大码 |
|
XXXL |
- |
Bottoms
|
US |
China |
|
|
00 |
XXS |
超小码 |
|
0 |
XS |
加小码 |
|
2 |
XS |
加小码 |
|
4 |
S |
小码 |
|
6 |
S |
小码 |
|
8 |
M |
中码 |
|
10 |
M |
中码 |
|
12 |
L |
大码 |
|
14 |
L |
大码 |
|
16 |
XL |
加大码 |
|
18 |
XXL |
超大码 |
|
|
XXXL |
- |
Shoes
|
US |
China |
|
5 |
35 |
|
5.5 |
36 |
|
6 |
37 |
|
6.5 |
38 |
|
7 |
39 |
|
7.5 |
40 |
|
8 |
41 |
|
8.5 |
42 |
Thanks so much
What is the difference in Womens Jeans. US comes in sizes 6, 7, 8,9,10.11.12 China comes in 26,27,etc.
Most chinese size are *2 of US size since they dont use half sizes
6 -> 12
….
12 -> 24
Why, when I ask the sizes of shirts in China, I get sizes like, 180, 170, or 165. None of your conversions here work for me. Anyone know anything different?
Thank you for this post. it is clear for me now. But the best thing to do is try to fit your dress first before buying it. I think the difference between US and China dress is the measuring system. In US it is inches and in China it is in centimeters thats why you have to multiply it by 2.54 to convert to China sizes. Cheers and keep up the good work.
What is the real difference? I wear 50 – 52 inch waist pants. When I was China I saw many small people. Now My wife just sent me XXXXL clothes which should have fit and hey come up about halfway on my legs then get tight. What size is XXXXL in China? Here I can wear XXXL…
I want to buy a winter coat from ebay. the coat is being sold by a store in china..it gives sizes to choose from as small, medium, and large, but then states that the chinese sizes run smaller and that i should know my exact size..I know Im a medium in a coat..is the size medium thats listed is an american size..or do they use the small,medium,large sizes as well..Im so confused..I cant find anything on the internet that gives a cut and dry answer..what size is a medium in chineese size for a heavy winter jacket..any info would be helpful..thank you.
I presume there is little standardization with clothing sizes in China. The ambiguous terms of small, medium, large have no fixed basis. I’d suggest a person wanting clothing indicate the personal length measurements you desire, using the international metric standards of centimeters, rather than our archaic old English system inches. But if one provides accurate cm measurements for neck, chest, waist, pant length – one will get a garment that fits properly