履历表 (lǚ lì biǎo) — curriculum vitae (CV), resume

Definition

noun

curriculum vitae (CV)resume

Measure word · 份

履历表。
Qǐng bǎ nín de lǚ lì biǎo jì dào gōng sī de rén shì bù.
Please send your CV to the company's HR department.
履历表。
Tā de lǚ lì biǎo shàng xiě mǎn le gè zhǒng xiàng mù jīng yàn.
His CV is full of various project experiences.
，履历表。
Qiú zhí shí, yí fèn hǎo de lǚ lì biǎo hěn zhòng yào.
A good CV is very important when job hunting.

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.

履历career history

履lǚwalk历lìexperience

联合Side by side

履历 means career history, and 表 is a form; together they name a resume form.

Characters in this word

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

Early 履 put together 眉, 頁 (a person with a prominent head), 止 (foot), and 舟 (a shoe or shoe-shaped boat).

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.

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.