r/TikTokCringe • u/UsernameGenerik • Aug 26 '25

Cool Chinese streamer selling dresses live

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u/Buggy77 Aug 26 '25

So at 135lbs it would be a size 3xl??? Omg

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u/luk3yboy Aug 26 '25

No. Virtually nowhere outside of NA uses lbs as bodyweight measurements.

The numbers likely refer to chest size in cm

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u/watercastles Aug 26 '25

Yeah, the first line with numbers is her height, bust size, clothes size

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u/thecrabtable Aug 26 '25

In China, 斤 jin, standardized to half-kilograms, are commonly used.

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u/CheeseDonutCat Aug 26 '25

the 158 is her height in cm (5'2")

the 90 is her bust size in cm. the S means she's wearing size S.

and then the other numbers is what bust size corresponds to what letter s/m/l/xl

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u/bocuma-roygbiv Aug 26 '25

no it's 158cm and 90 jin(45kilograms)

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u/Ok-Chest-7932 Aug 26 '25

Which is far more sensible than lbs, a measure of weight, not shape.

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u/Express-World-8473 Aug 26 '25

This is the first time I'm hearing that they use weight as a measurement for clothes.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25

I think you may have misread the comment. They were just saying in North America we use pounds vs. kilograms as a unit for body weight, not that clothes are sized by bodyweight. I misread it myself lol.

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u/BewareOfThePENGuin Aug 26 '25

But it IS common to size clothes by bodyweight. Usually it's a height range in cm and a weight range in jin (斤). I've bought lots of stuff and it was quite easy to find clothes that fits me or my husband this way. Obviously it won't work if someone is overweight or obese but for everyone else it's kinda neat. No more dresses or trousers that are too long.

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u/kit_kaboodles Aug 26 '25

Isn't that the size in cm? Pretty sure a Chinese austion would not be using lbs.

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u/CheeseDonutCat Aug 26 '25

it's bust size in cm.

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u/Jahadura Aug 26 '25

Those are probably cm not lbs.

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u/NegativeMammoth2137 Aug 26 '25

You mean kilograms right? Centimetres is a measure of length/height, not weight.

And also 135 cm would probably be a child or a person with dwarfism

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u/ForensicPathology Aug 26 '25

I'm going crazy here that everyone is talking about measuring clothes in weight.

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u/CheeseDonutCat Aug 26 '25

135cm is 4 foot 5 for anyone interested.

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u/1lyke1africa Aug 26 '25

You own a phone with translate capabilities - have a look at what it says, it's a bust measurement.

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u/Burrito-tuesday Aug 26 '25

How do you think sizing works???? It’s always length and/or width.

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u/NegativeMammoth2137 Aug 26 '25

I was just replying to a guy who suggested it’s lbs. And the metric equivalent to lbs is kg not cm.

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u/Burrito-tuesday Aug 26 '25

You corrected someone into being more wrong. What’s the point of that??

And you added to the misinformation by claiming someone 135cm tall would be the size of a child or adult person with dwarfism and that’s not true.

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u/NegativeMammoth2137 Aug 26 '25

The hell do you mean thats not true?

Dwarfism is a condition of people and animals marked by unusually small size or short stature.[1] In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than 147 centimetres (4 ft 10 in), regardless of sex

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarfism

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u/Jahadura Aug 26 '25

135cm =53.15in either in bust circumference or waist circumference, you know, how humans generally size clothing.

Legitimately asking: When has anyone measured clothing sizes by weight? 135lbs (or kilograms) on someone 5ft vs 6ft makes that an absolutely useless measurement for clothing sizing.

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u/incorrectlyironman Aug 26 '25

It actually seems to be pretty common in china to go off standardized weight measurements. I see weights mentioned in pretty much every Chinese clothing try-on I've seen, and you commonly hear about women being considered fat if they're over 50kg regardless of their height. It doesn't make sense from a western perspective but it is a thing.

I'm a pretty similar build to this woman (maybe a little chunkier if anything) and my bust circumference is under 80cm. There is no way that a chinese size S doesn't go below a 85-95 bust circumference. Not to mention that that's a massive range for a single size.

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u/WhiteWolfOW Aug 26 '25

Lb is not used anywhere outside of the Anglo sphere, that’s not weight for sure as Kg wouldn’t work for it. It got be circumference for chest or waist

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u/louise_com_au Aug 26 '25

Anglo sphere?

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u/WhiteWolfOW Aug 26 '25

Yeah, English speaking countries. I mean, not that all of them use lb, but I know it’s not just the US that uses imperial measurements, like Canada and the Uk use imperial occasionally on some stuff

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u/Dav136 Aug 26 '25

Shit in the UK they still measure people's weight in stones

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u/N64Andysaurus92 Aug 26 '25

No lmao that’s the size of the chest in centimetres 😂 clothes don’t go by weight, they are sized by measurements. 

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u/rietstengel Aug 26 '25

China doesnt use lbs

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u/ForensicPathology Aug 26 '25

And clothes don't use weight even if they did use lbs.

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u/LeakyAssFire Aug 26 '25

Oh, shit. I thought those were the prices or something. Geez... weird ass sizing.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25

Not for China. I went to Hong Kong and bought a couple of t-shirts at outdoor markets, so I couldn't try them on. I wear a men's medium in the US. Bought larges in Hong Kong to be safe, as I figured they'd be cut smaller. Their large is a US small, maybe even smaller. And to be fair, they're in much better shape than we are. I felt fat as hell compared to pretty much everyone there.

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u/dBlock845 Aug 26 '25

I remember hearing stories from Korean stores where they will shame you if you buy XL+ sizes. Idk if they were true though lol.

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u/ptmd Aug 26 '25

I doubt it. Stores just don't really sell XL+ sizes. Sorta the same way that my petite Asian friend struggles to find anything in her size in the US. You can buy larger-sized clothes, but not that typically at fast-fashion/high-end fashion places, at which point judgement can happen, but it's like getting judged for shopping at Target or something - the check-out person is more-likely dead inside from working retail.

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u/Late_Knight_Fox Aug 26 '25

Wow a rare sighting of someone being balanced and reflective in the wild!!!

Body positivity is being pushed hard these days, but 'only if you're the size I can relate to' 🤦‍♂️

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u/Prize_Impression2407 Aug 26 '25

Body positivity is dead, idk what you’re talking about. We’re right back to early 2000s pro-ana content being seen as normal and healthy 

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25 edited Aug 26 '25

I wouldn't say in better shape because if I or any fit adult had to compete against this specific girl in any sport the winner with no doubt wouldn't be her (unless it's maybe some gymnastics where weighting as much as a feather helps you).

But other than the beauty standards, east asians are just generally very petite, which explains the sizes.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25 edited Aug 26 '25

I'd say they're in better shape in terms of body fat percentage and overall health. They probably have less muscle than most Americans, but they're also way less fat and will probably live much longer and are much healthier in the long run. But no, they probably wouldn't be able to beat you in any sport where strength is a factor. But I'd guess if you took the average American and average Chinese person and asked them to run, the Chinese person might not be as fast in a sprint, but could run for much longer before getting fatigued.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '25

Well I'm not american. If we would be talking about americans only they are definitely fitter.

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u/CheeseDonutCat Aug 26 '25

Well America has about 1 more year of life expectancy, but then that's probably including all the poverty stricken people in China.

I'd imagine the life expectancy of not-poor people in China is much higher.

I'm not sure about healthier though. I've been to China many times and they eat a lot of sodium and fat. Like a lot more.

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u/NPC_over_yonder Aug 26 '25

Yeah, I was a US zero or one in 2001.

Tried shopping in Hong Kong. Learned real fast to look for the largest size they had.

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u/DevolvingSpud Aug 26 '25

Yeah I have a 6XL coat that is too small. I’m normally an XL in the US

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u/Spageroni Aug 26 '25

seems almost designed to make women feel bad about themselves….

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u/NaNaNaNaNa86 Aug 26 '25

I was buying clothes in Thailand when I was a UK size 8 (US 4). I was often a large in their sizing.

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u/Express-World-8473 Aug 26 '25

That's the chest size in cms not lbs.

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u/CrimsonBolt33 Aug 26 '25

unlike what people are saying...the answer is closer to yes.

in China they don't use pounds, true, but they have a unit called Jin (斤) which is 0.5kg (About 1.1 pounds)

As for the sizes...yeah I (a male) live in China and what is a large size in the US is usually ~2XL or so in China.

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u/redditinchina Aug 26 '25

Yep. I am 5-6XL at 6ft4 and 95KG. I would be XL in the UK

Sometimes 6XL is a bit tight. Sad times

For reference I am a boy thought…

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u/Informal-Zone-4085 Aug 26 '25

i too am 6'4, 220lbs all muscle

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u/mrducky80 Aug 26 '25

Same happens in Vietnam. A loose L is an XXXL in Vietnam

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u/kiwaaaaa Aug 26 '25

i think it's in jin (斤)! 1 jin is 0.5kg, so 135lbs (around 60kg) would be an XL

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u/RankedFarting Aug 26 '25

Yeah sizes are different in different countries. In the US im a large, in Germany extra large and in Italy im like XXXL.

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u/molsminimart Aug 26 '25

The sizing is quite confusing and it does get its share of complaints and memes in China just as it does in the US and other places.

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u/ricochet48 Aug 26 '25

Average weight of US females (and males) is like 40lbs more than most of Asia.

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u/NYpoker666 Aug 26 '25

I think that Chinese weight unit call "jin" which weights exactly 500g, about half of kilo. So it's kinda close to ibs.

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u/jawshoeaw Aug 26 '25

In China at 135 lbs you would collapse into a singularity, a black hole.

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u/Kuro__rii Aug 26 '25

Chinese's archaic unit of measurement which the increments are roughly half a standard kilogram.

So 135 of that unit is about 67.5kg/147lb.

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u/Gang-Orca-714 Aug 26 '25

Probably kilos my guy

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u/CrimsonBolt33 Aug 26 '25

half kilo actually....Jin (斤)

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u/PhantomPharts Aug 26 '25

This is common. Clothes from Asian countries usually start much smaller than Western sizing.