Chinese online shopping terms & vocabulary
With Single’s Day (Double Eleven), Black Friday, and Cyber Monday, as well as Christmas and other shopping festivals, we figured it’s time to talk through Mandarin Chinese shopping vocabulary. If you are interested in learning vocabulary and sentences like this, check out our Spoken Chinese courses, or Business Chinese courses.
Topics we explain in Chinese:
- Toys (玩具Wánjù)
- Smartphone (手机shǒujī)
- Clothes (衣服yīfu)
- Shoes (鞋子xiézi)
- Food (餐饮Cānyǐn)
- Shipping time (发货时间fāhuò shíjiān)
- Haggling (讨价还价tǎojiàhuánjià)
Buying toys using Chinese
For which age is this suitable?
适合几岁的小孩? Shìhé jǐ suì de xiǎohái?
What’s in the box?
盒子里有什么？Hézi li yǒu shénme?
Mandarin terms for buying a smartphone
How long is the warranty?
保修时间多长？
Bǎoxiū shíjiān duōcháng?
What colors are available?
手机有哪些颜色？
Shǒujī yǒu nǎxiē yánsè?
How much Gigabyte storage?
内存多少/多大？
Nèicún duōshǎo/duōdà?
Buying clothing in Chinese
Asking about style
长款/短款/宽松款/修身款/紧身款
Chángkuǎn/duǎnkuǎn/kuānsōng kuǎn/xiūshēn kuǎn/jǐnshēn kuǎn
Can I return it if it’s not the right size?
如果尺码不对，可以换吗？
Rúguǒ chǐmǎ búduì, kěyǐ huàn ma?
What sizes are available?
有哪些尺码？
Yǒu nǎxiē chǐmǎ?
Are there color differences between the picture on the website and the actual products?
有色差吗？
Yǒu sèchā ma?
Shoe-language in Chinese
What shoe sizes are available?
有哪些鞋码？
Yǒu nǎxiē xié mǎ?
Does it have a slim fit or loose fit?
这款是偏宽的还是偏瘦的？
Zhè kuǎn shì piānkuān de háishì piānshòu de?
Is the sole soft?
鞋底软吗？
Xiédǐ ruǎn ma?
What is the material of the surface
鞋面是什么面料？
Xiémiàn shì shénme miànliào?
Food terms in Mandarin
When will it expire？
保质期到什么时候？
Bǎozhìqī dào shénme shíhòu?
Is it very spicy?
这个很辣吗？
Zhège hěn là ma?
How to eat/cook it?
这个怎么吃？
Zhège zěnme chī?
How to store it?
这个怎么保存？
Zhège zěnme bǎocún?
Shipping time terms in Chinese language
When will it be delivered
什么时候发货？
shénme shíhòu fāhuò？
When will I be able to receive it?
什么时候能收到？
shénme shíhòu néngdào？
What delivery service do you use?
你们用哪个快递（公司）？
nǐmen yòng nǎge kuàidì（gōngsī）？
Haggling in Chinese
C’mon, give me some discount
有优惠吗？
Yǒu yōuhuì ma?
哪里可以领优惠券？
Nǎlǐ kěyǐ lǐng yōuhuì quàn?
有什么活动吗？
Yǒu shén me huódòng ma?
多买一点能便宜多少？
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