Sunday, December 8, 2013

The TaoBao Shopping Guide (Part I)

This post is divided into two parts, feel free to share!

1. Finding what you like - Keywords guide
2. Shipping - Using Taobao SEA

Before proceeding with the tutorial, create an account on Taobao first.
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Part One: Finding what you like

Before you proceed with the search, THINK of what you want to buy first. It's kinda difficult to browse Taobao without having what you wanna buy in mind because there's just too many things on the site. After thinking, search for the item that you are looking for.

Basically searching items on Taobao is just a combination of keywords. So to help everyone with lousy chinese, here's a number of keywords with their translations. Just copy and paste all the keywords into the search bar to find what you want!

Tip: Put in "韩版" for everything you buy to get something more trendy and not cheenaish.

The search terms are classified as follows:
(i) General
(ii) Styles
(iii) Materials
(iv) Tops
(v) Bottoms
(vi) Shoes

Good luck!

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(i) General
  • 百搭 - hundred combinations (basically means match with everything)
  • 显瘦 - slimming effect
  • 大码 - plus size / bigger size
  • 女装 - female
  • 男装 - male
  • 加厚 - thicker
  • 加薄 - thinner
  • 拉链 - zip


    (ii) Styles (in alphabetical order)
  • 字母 - alphabets
  • 棒球 - baseball
  • 花色 - colorful
  • 动漫 - cartoon
  • 休闲 - casual
  • 格子 - checkered
  • 舞 - dance
  • 气质 - elegance
  • 刺绣 - embroidered
  • 欧美 - european
  • 淑女 - feminine
  • 翠花 - floral
  • 韩版 - korean
  • 军 - military
  • 斑点/波点 - polkadotted
  • 印花 - printed
  • 复古 - retro / vintage
  • 性感 - sexy
  • 运动 - sports
  • 街头 - street
  • 学生/学院风 - student / varsity
  • 工装 - work


    (iii) Materials
  • 棉 - cotton
  • 雪纺 - chiffon
  • 蕾丝 - lace
  • 针织衫 - knit
  • 牛仔 - denim
  • 帆布 - canvas
  • 加绒 - velvet


    (iv)Tops / Dresses
    Types:
  • 上衣 - top
  • 连衣裙/ 连身裙 - dress
  • 衬衫 - shirts
  • T恤 - T-shirts
  • 背心 - tank tops / spag tops
  • 毛衣 - sweater / knitted wear
  • 外套 - jacket
  • 开衫 - cardigan
  • 外衣 - outwear
  • 露脐 - cropped

    Sleeve lengths:
  • 长袖 - long
  • 短袖 - short
  • 无袖 - sleeveless
  • 五分袖 - half (replace the 五 with other numbers for varying lengths)
  • 蝙蝠袖 - bat
  • 灯笼袖 - lantern

    Styles:
  • 宽松 - loose fitting
  • 紧身 - tight fitting
  • 修身 - fitting
  • 长版 - long (in terms of length)
  • 中版 - medium length
  • 两件套 - two piece type
  • 吊带 - strap


    (v) Bottoms
    Types:
  • 裤子 - bottoms
  • 短裤 - shorts
  • 长裤 - pants
  • 裙子 - skirt
  • 西装裤 - dress pants
  • 打底裤 - leggings

    Styles:
  • 哈伦 - harlem
  • 直筒 - straight cut
  • 铅笔 - pencil
  • 职业 - work
  • 小脚 - tapered
  • 喇叭 - trumpet / bell-bottomed
  • 宽松 - loose fitting
  • 紧身 - tight fitting
  • 修身 - fitting


    (vi) Shoes
    Types:
  • 凉鞋 - sandals
  • 包鞋 - covered shoes
  • 靴子 - boots
  • 运动鞋 - sports shoes
  • 拖鞋 - slippers
  • 婚鞋 - flats (I think)

    Features:
  • 扣带 - buckle
  • 蝴蝶结 - ribbon
  • 露趾 - shows toes
  • 鱼嘴 - open-toed
  • 尖头 - pointed
  • 圆头 - curved?
  • 加绒 - velvet

    Heel types:
    (check for heel height under information)
  • 无跟 - no heel
  • 短跟 - short (less than 3 cm)
  • 中跟 - medium (3-5 cm)
  • 高跟 - high (6-8 cm)
  • 粗跟 - thick
  • 方跟 - square
  • 细跟 - thin
  • 松糕厚底 - platform
  • 增高 - added height


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