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The advantages of the Aliexpress trading platform are known to most Russian buyers: variety of choice, relatively low prices, unique Asian goods that cannot be found anywhere else. However, when choosing clothes, confusion often arises: Chinese sizes of Aliexpress clothing are not at all similar to Russian ones.

The truth is that every buyer of clothes or shoes on Aliexpress runs the risk of receiving an item that is not their size. But, firstly, the magic of this Internet platform is strong, and not everyone is able to resist it. Secondly, we can see examples of successful purchases every day on social networks and on thematic forums - therefore, we can adapt to the oddities of the site.

How to take measurements to choose the right size

The product parameters in the product description on Aliexpress are a great help for the buyer. If the seller uses generally accepted European designations, using these numbers you can find out the exact size of the item. To choose your clothing size on Aliexpress, take your measurements in one of the following ways: on your body using a tailor's meter or by measuring a similar item from your wardrobe.

The most common designations:

Height – height. Weight – weight. This parameter is important if you are going to choose clothing sizes for children under one year old on Aliexpress. You shouldn't rely on it when buying clothes for adults.
Length – product length. The phrases pants/dress/clothes length have the same meaning.
Width – product width. Can be found in the description of wide T-shirts and other loose-fitting clothing.
Bust, Chest - chest circumference.
Waist – waist circumference.
Hips, Buttock – hip circumference.
Thigh – pant leg circumference (one hip).
Cross shoulder – shoulder width. The distance between the shoulder seams of the product.
Neck – neck circumference.
Neckline - the neckline of a T-shirt or top.
Sleeve length – sleeve length.
In a circle - full, circular girth.

Correspondence tables between Chinese and Russian clothing sizes

Each product on Aliexpress, with the exception of the Free size or One size format, has a size chart. But with the same labeling, clothes from China are on average one to three sizes smaller than Russian ones. To understand which system the seller used to indicate the size, pay attention to the comments to the table.

Comparison table of women's sizes*

Aliexpress	International	Europe	America	Russia
M	XS	32	6-8	40
L	S	34	10	42
XL	M	36	12-14	44
2XL	L	38	16	46
3XL	XL	40	18	48
4XL	XXL	40	20	50

* Chinese S sizes are not available in America and European countries ah, the approximate international size is XXXS.

Comparison table for men's sizes

Aliexpress	International	Europe	America	Russia
M	S	46	36	44-46
L	M	48	38	48-50
XL	L	50	40	52
2XL	XL	52	42	54
3XL	2XL	54	44	56

Comparison table of children's sizes

To make it easier for buyers to determine the size, Aliexpress indicates the American labeling of children's clothing and additional parameters: weight, height, age of the child, and so on. The letter M stands for months – the child’s age in months. The T marking indicates the Toddler category - children from two to five years old.

Size	Age	Height
3M	3-6 months	up to 60 cm
6M	6-9 months	up to 65 cm
9M	9-12 months	up to 75 cm
12M	12-18 months	up to 80 cm
18M	1-1.5 years	up to 90 cm
2T	2 years	up to 100 cm
3T	3 years	up to 110 cm
4T	4 years	up to 120 cm

IMPORTANT! Often you can find a disclaimer in the table or product description, from which it follows that the values are approximate and the size needs to be checked in the store. It is also worth noting that in Asian countries they love supermini skirts and 7/8 short sleeves. Thus, the tables will only help you navigate better, but it is better to write to the seller.

Be that as it may, the most popular places for online shopping are Chinese sites. TaoBao, Aliexpress, Ebay, Focalprice, etc. Every name sounds like music. Here a good choice, many interesting offers, and, best of all, low prices. But almost every buyer, when ordering clothes for the first time, is faced with disappointment: the size indicated in the description turns out to be several times smaller than Russian ones. Today we have prepared a cheat sheet for you that will help you easily navigate the features of not only Asian, but also European sizes!

Any lot is always given a description of its length, girth and dimensions. Sometimes the data is indicated in centimeters, sometimes in inches, and sometimes simply using the symbols XS, S, M and L. If you avoid the mass market and have always preferred a domestic manufacturer, then let’s first conduct an educational program on the correspondence of Russian and American sizes, so as in what follows we will resort to designating the latter.

What are the sizes?

So, Russian indicators are our data in centimeters divided by two. That is, if your chest circumference is 92, then you should choose clothes with a tag of 46 (92 divided by 2 = 46). American labels (and most European ones) use the letters S, M and L, with the addition of the prefix X (eXtra). eXtra Small (XS)- Small (S)- Medium (M)- Large (L)- eXtra Large (XL)- eXtra eXtra Large (XXL), etc. All letter designations have Russian equivalents. S - size 44, M - size 46, L - size 48 and further by analogy.

But we can also come across European clothing brands where numbers are used instead of letters (36, 38, 40, etc.), which can initially confuse us, and we start looking for the data we are familiar with, surprised that somehow the item fits not very well, or rather, it hangs openly. The thing is that European sizes differ from Russian ones by six positions. That is, add +6 to the numbers indicated on the tag, and in the end you will get the necessary data. For example, euro 38 - Russian 44.

Russian size	US size	European size
40	XXS	34
42	XS	36
44	S	38
46	M	40
48	L	42
50	XL	44
52	XXL	46

And since I hope everything is clear with the introductory part, let’s begin to study the realities of the Asian market.

Asian realities

The first thing we strongly recommend is to arm yourself with a ruler and some wardrobe item from your Everyday life. Clearly measure the length of your T-shirt, dress or pants and write it down in a notebook. This way you will know in advance at what length the ordered sweater will end, and whether it can warm your belly or simply cover your chest.

If the product description has a clear table with dimensions, you can roughly imagine the final result. To be safe, convert your measurements to inches. 1 inch - approximately 2.5 cm. Please note that it is better to order a size larger, since hemming clothes is always easier than stretching them.

If there is no such table, and you are given only sizes S, M or L to choose from, it wouldn’t hurt to write to the seller and clarify which sizes are indicated, American or Chinese? Asian designations are 1-2 sizes smaller than the American ones we are used to!

It is important to remember the differences when buying shoes. In this case, foreign designations are used everywhere (5, 6, 7, etc.). Let me note right away that most often the biggest women's size there will be 39 shoes you like, so those with 40 and 41 have practically nothing to catch on Chinese sites, unfortunately. For men, the situation is more promising.

To make it easier to remember, you can write down your sizes in different number systems in the same notebook. Believe me, it will take a minute, but then you will be able to easily navigate the world of not only online, but also off-line shopping, especially abroad.

Also useful for girls (and their men) will be a table of ring sizes. After all, the selection of jewelry on Chinese websites is truly amazing, and finding an engagement ring there, for example, is a very good idea.

Underwater rocks

Now let's talk a little about the pitfalls. Let's start with regular, or one size, which is especially common when purchasing underwear or hosiery products. One size is the usual characteristics of an Asian girl. That is, it is always either XS, or, at best, S. In terms of tights, size 2 or 3 (that is, not for long-legged beauties). The only option for those who do not fit the Chinese idea of standardity is to look for products with an elastic band. For example, regular size leggings fit girls of sizes 46 and 48 without any problems. As you can see, not all is lost!

And finally, I’ll tell you about a catch that, alas, is almost impossible to predict. About careless sellers. This happens rarely, but it does happen. You may receive something different from what you ordered. Since your size, for example, ran out of stock, and the seller decided, without warning, to send you what was left - most often very small sizes. In this case, do not hesitate to open disputes and demand your money back!

Well, we, in turn, will always try to provide you with useful information and orient you in the world of foreign online shopping. Happy shopping!

Hello, many people ask me, how to determine sizes on Aliexpress clothes, shoes for men, women, children in Chinese Aliexpress in Russian. I have been ordering from this online store for a long time and have not seen uniform size standards anywhere from any seller. Since I switched to online shopping a long time ago, I’m tired of seeing these snickering faces of businessmen - owners of local stores who inflate prices for similar products like with Aliexpress.

The biggest problem shopping or ordering on Ali means you cannot try on the item. In this article I have provided the main size charts and Chinese sizes, European, American (US) for different countries.

Many of my friends afraid order things and shoes from Aliexpress, because... be afraid of making a mistake in size. BUT This is great stupidity, each seller in the product description has size charts either in millimeters or in centimeters, and you just have to measure yourself with an ordinary flexible meter or ruler and compare the results with the size table of the seller on Aliexpress. How to correctly measure yourself about this further...

ATTENTION: The size charts and tables presented below are suitable for Chinese online stores Joom and Pandao.

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A short video on sizing on Ali:

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BUT there is mine Golden Rule : use the measurement tables and size charts provided by the seller in the description of each product and read the comments and reviews of your fellow citizens under the product (easily identified by the language of writing and the flag of the country). How more quantity stars and orders from the seller are all the better (determined in the figure below), and if there are comments and reviews below the product from real buyers along with a photo, then you can safely order! If in doubt, then proven method This is to contact the seller directly and ask for the information you are interested in. For communication, I used Google translator, which translates Russian well into international English (USA), and there were no big problems in understanding it (advice: build simple sentences for communication).

Chinese sellers, like all over the world, usually indicate dimensions in the form of letters, see below in the figure:

*i: Click on the image to enlarge.

Designation: Translation:

XXL (extra extra large) Just huge.
XL ( extra large ) - considered very large.
L ( large )- big.
M (medium) - average.
S (small) - small.
XS (extra small) - very small.

Determine Aliexpress sizes in Russian using the table

Before looking at the rest of the tables for measuring clothes and shoes, you should familiarize yourself with the small subtleties of the designation, for example, the Roman numeral X is incrementally added to large sizes and, accordingly, the more of them there are in front, your size will increase in arithmetic progression. XXL is larger than XL, and XXXL is larger than XXL and so on. It happens that in order not to fence X, they are simply replaced with 5XL, 6XL, 7XL, I noticed this from sellers selling large sizes of dresses, shirts, shirts, trousers, that is, they specialize in stores for curvy and full forms. And usually special words are indicated in the description: fat women big size, large-size extra large, plus size womens, ladies fashion large sizes, their meaning is easy to understand, for example big size - translated as very big size. It should be taken into account that the Chinese brothers are usually a thin and short nation, so on the website ru. aliexpress.com, you often come across small ones.

English words and designations that may be useful when communicating with the seller: shoulder (shoulder width), sleeve (arm length is the distance from shoulder to wrist), chest/bust (chest volume), waist (waist volume), hips (hip volume) , neck (neck girth for jackets with a collar and blouses).

There may be a situation where the designations are presented in the great Chinese language, but there will be no problems with this either. Use the picture below.

But before you look at the comparison tables, first measure yourself, since the measurement method for men and women is different, look at the pictures below.

Women's clothing sizes on Aliexpress

After you have measured yourself, use the size chart women's clothing.

(Women's shirt, blouses, sweaters, coats, down jackets, jackets, suits).

Women's jeans, trousers and shorts

Women's bra

Women's underwear

Women's shoe sizes

To use this chart, first measure your leg (foot). At the bottom of the site, you will find how to do this competently and correctly (look for the image of the feet).

Women's sizes of socks and stockings

(jacket, T-shirt, suit)

To determine men's underwear sizes, see the table below.

on Aliexpress

For those who don't know how to measure their feet, look for information at the bottom of the site with a picture of the foot. Here is a table of correspondence between Russian and Chinese sizes on Ali.

Determining the size of men's socks on Aliexpress

On the Aliexpress trading platform there is a large assortment of hosiery products, such as good quality, not really. Don’t skimp, order at the golden mean of the price category, and the sign below will help you determine the size of both Chinese and American socks.

Children's sizes on aliexpress Russian

Children are the flowers of life and we always want them to look beautiful and neat, but we don’t want to spend a lot of money on buying expensive children’s clothes or shoes. After all, local sellers in our city shops know that they don’t save on children and therefore greatly increase prices. In this case, the Chinese assistant Ali Express comes to our aid, with its affordable price tags, and how to correctly and competently determine the size for our child, see the size tables.

140, 135, 130, etc. - this is the growth of the child, the words month - translated as a month, years - years (year). 12-18 month = 12-18 months.

2T (S), 3T (M), 4T (L) - Chinese sizes that need to be compared in the table below.

Children's shoe sizes on Aliexpress Russian

To determine the size of children's shoes, first you need to measure the length of the foot (at the bottom of the site with the image of the foot), and then see the correspondence table:

Remember, it is worth ordering children's clothing or shoes one size, or even two larger, because... It’s worth taking into account the long delivery times from the Chinese store and the fact that children grow quickly - take things to grow! And don't forget about winter shoes because thickness fur or a wool sock eats about a centimeter.

Methods for correctly measuring body parts: men, women and children.

Measuring your feet before purchasing shoes or stockings, tights or socks is done as follows: You stand on a blank sheet of paper and make marks as shown in the figure, and then compare them with the tables presented above on the site.

Measuring the fullness of the foot is perfectly illustrated by the following figure:

In order not to make a mistake when ordering gloves from Ali, follow the tips in this picture:

Size chart for women's and men's headwear: caps, hats, berets, baseball caps on Aliexpress.

Belt sizes

The sizes of the rings coincide with the measurement scale adopted in the USA; to do this, simply measure the diameter of your finger (girth) in millimeters and compare it with the picture.

* Let me remind you once again that if you doubt the size of an item, be sure to write to the seller and ask what interests you. No need be shy, it’s you who spend your money, not him!

Enjoy the shopping!

The following links will help you choose the right sizes in large online stores:

Many of us today order outfits online - indeed, it is convenient and fast, and much cheaper than buying them in stores in real life.

The only thing that causes great difficulty is the tables of ratios of women’s clothing sizes in different countries (USA, China), European size range with Russian sizes. In this article you will find all the necessary information that will make it easy to buy foreign clothes and not make a mistake in your choice.

Women's clothing size chart China (Asian sizes)

We remember that the anthropometric parameters of women there are much smaller. ATTENTION! Click on the picture to enlarge it in size.

As can be seen from the above figures, the outfits sewn in the Middle Kingdom are much smaller. And if we consider 42 to be “our” size, then here it’s worth stopping at a confident 44 or even 46, especially when it comes to outerwear.

Despite the fact that the table helps to translate Asian sizes into Russian, it is still worth reading customer reviews - they always contain information about the suitability of models.

When choosing a coat or jacket, tall girls who may have short sleeves. Here we should not forget about miniature oriental women and when making a purchase, be sure to take into account the length of your arm.

The same situation is with Chinese trousers and jeans - in order for them to fit well, we look first of all not at the size, but at the length of the legs.

American Women's Clothing Size Chart (US)

This is the case when Asian sizes are the very opposite of US women's clothing sizes, because on the contrary they will be oversized. Also click on the picture below to make it larger.

Girls who wear their “native” 46 should buy the 44th. However, if we are talking about a sweatshirt, a loose cardigan or any other oversized item, this is not so important. The loose shoulder line and lack of a clear shape ensures a beautiful fit, even if we missed the size.

European size chart for women's clothing

How to determine the Spanish, German or French size of women's clothing? For this purpose, there is a universal sizing system for tailoring.

Using the table below of European countries, you can determine compliance with French, Spanish, Italian, German and Polish brands. (Image clickable)

It is one of the most convenient, as it is a universal system that all European manufacturers try to adhere to.

Using this table of women's clothing sizes, it will not be difficult to calculate the ratio of France and Russia or determine how Polish and Italian are correlated.

International sizes of women's clothing

Luckily, to avoid any confusion, there is an international size chart for women's clothing. It makes it easier to determine which one is right for you!

Now you know how to determine German, Italian, English, Chinese and American sizes and relate them to Russian and Ukrainian ones. Yes, Ukrainian clothing sizes correspond to the same Russian ones, as well as Polish ones.

I wish you a good shopping and always successful purchases!

In this article we will talk about what sizes correspond to the international indicators 2XL, 3XL, 4 XL, 5 XL, 6 XL on Aliexpress.