"tailor" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
裁缝 裁縫 cái féng to make an item of clothing / to tailor syn
裁缝 裁縫 cái feng tailor / dressmaker syn
剪裁 jiǎn cái to tailor (clothes) / to trim (expenditure) syn
裁缝师 裁縫師 cái fèng shī tailor
缝衣匠 縫衣匠 féng yī jiàng tailor
裁制 裁製 cái zhì to tailor / to make clothes
裁缝师 裁縫師 cái féng shī tailor
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
身长 身長 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure) syn
量体裁衣 量體裁衣 liáng tǐ cái yī lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances / To live within one's means.
裁缝店 裁縫店 cái féng diàn tailor's shop syn
量身定做 liáng shēn dìng zuò to tailor-make / tailor-made / tailored to / customized
相体裁衣 相體裁衣 xiàng tǐ cái yī lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom) / fig. act according to real circumstances
量身定制 量身定製 liáng shēn dìng zhì tailor-made
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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