Just Search in English
About 90% of the time, a Taobao search with an English word will hit the mark. Many products on Taobao are labeled with both English and Chinese names. And a growing number are labeled with English names alone.
Use the English Name to Find the Chinese Name
You can also use an English-language search to help determine the Chinese name. This will often help you find more products so you have more choices.
For example, a search for “drill” comes up with less than 200 results. But two of the results give a clue to the Chinese name. We can copy/paste 电钻 back into Taobao to get over 7000 results.
Online Machine Translation
Machine translators are perfect for the quick and dirty work of finding keywords and product names. --> Google Translate Popup Chinese
Hot keywords: 背心-(singlet), 上衣-(top), 裙子-(dress), 外套-(jacket), 牛仔-(jeans), 短裤-(shorts), 打底裤-(legging), 袜子-(socks), 雪纺-(chiffon), 韩国-(Korea), 内衣-(lingerie), 非主流-(punk etc), 包包-(bag), 鞋-(shoe), 高跟鞋(high heal), 平底鞋-(flattie), 帆布鞋-(canvas), 罗马鞋-(Rome shoe?), 短靴-(boot), 女人我最大-(Super Woman), 耳环-(earring), 项链-(necklace), 面膜-(mask), 假发-(wig), 指甲-(nails), 双眼皮贴, 睫毛-(eyelash), 腰带-(belt), 玩具-(toy)
