HSK 5 · Work

简历 jiǎnlì “curriculum vitae (CV)” in Chinese

Traditional 簡歷

What 简历 means

  1. curriculum vitae (CV)
  2. résumé
  3. biographical notes

How to say 简历

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale简jiǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale历lì4th tone, falling

简历 in a sentence

  1. 我还从来都没有写过简历呢！

    Wǒ hái cónglái dōu méiyǒu xiěguo jiǎnlì ne!

    I’ve never even written a CV!

    Sentence #1743522 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 简历 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 简 (jiǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
简jiǎnsimple
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
  • 间between · jiānSound part

⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 间 (jiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎn.

The character 历 (lì) with each of its parts in a different colour
历lìcalendar
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 力strength · lìSound part

厤 hints at the meaning (to calculate); 力 (lì) hints at the sound. Compare it with lì.

How to write 简历

简 13 strokes · 历 4 strokes

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简历 (jiǎnlì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 简历 (jiǎnlì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 简历

Words with 简

简单jiǎndān · simple简直jiǎnzhí · simply简化jiǎnhuà · to simplify精简jīngjiǎn · to streamline简陋jiǎnlòu · simple and crude简要jiǎnyào · brief简体字jiǎntǐzì · simplified Chinese characters

Words with 历

历史lìshǐ · history经历jīnglì · experience日历rìlì · calendar学历xuélì · educational background历代lìdài · successive dynasties历来lìlái · always农历nónglì · lunar calendar来历láilì · origin

More words: Work & Career

合同hétong · (business) contract合作hézuò · to cooperate兼职jiānzhí · part-time job会计kuàijì · accountant结账jiézhàng · to pay the bill经营jīngyíng · to run (a business)开发kāifā · to develop劳动láodòng · work

FAQs

简历 (jiǎnlì) means “curriculum vitae (CV)” or “résumé”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jiǎnlì: jiǎn with a 3rd tone, then lì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 简历 is written 簡歷. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 简历 from the suggestions. Typing jianli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
简历 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.