简历 (jiǎn lì) — resume; curriculum vitae (CV) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

简历 (jiǎnlì) is 'résumé / CV' — a one-page document listing your work and education history. It's often confused with 学历, which is only the educational background section, not the whole document.

noun

resumecurriculum vitae (CV)

Measure word · 份

Examples

简历。
Wǒ xū yào gēng xīn jiǎn lì lái shēn qǐng xīn gōng zuò.
I need to update my resume to apply for a new job.
简历。
Tā zài wǎng shàng shàng chuán le jiǎn lì.
He uploaded his resume online.
简历。
Gōng sī kàn le wǒ de jiǎn lì hòu gěi wǒ dǎ le diàn huà.
The company called me after seeing my resume.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

历lìrecord; experience

简 means brief, and 历 means record or experience, together a concise life record.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 簡; 简 is its simplified writing.

竹間簡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

間

閒xián簡jiǎn

Same sound today

In the traditional form 簡, 竹 (bamboo) is paired with 間 (also written 閒) as a sound part; the simplified 简 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 歷; 历 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 历 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (简历, 经历) it is 歷; in others (日历) it is 曆.

厤止歷

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

厤

厤lì歷lì

Same sound today

The form 歷 pairs 止 with the sound part 厤.

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