列表 (liè biǎo) — (separable verb) to tabulate, to present in a list or table

Definition

A separable verb meaning 'to put into a list/table'. Split for aspect or objects: 列了一个表.

verb
(separable verb) to tabulateto present in a list or table

Examples

  • Excel列表
    Qǐng yòng Excel liè biǎo shù jù.
    Please tabulate the data in Excel.
  • Tā liè le yí gè xiáng xì de biǎo.
    He made a detailed list.
  • 列表
    Huì yì jì lù yǐ jīng liè biǎo hǎo le.
    The meeting minutes have been tabulated.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

lièarrange

列 means to arrange and 表 means table, so the action is arranging facts into a table.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

列 combines 歹, drawn as skeletal remains, and 刀, a knife, to depict tearing apart.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape 表 pairs 衣 (garment) with 毛 (hair or feather), originally an outer garment.

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