HSK 5 · Education

学历 xuélì “educational background” in Chinese

Traditional 學歷

What 学历 means

  1. educational background
  2. academic qualifications

How to say 学历

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale学xué2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale历lì4th tone, falling

学历 in a sentence

  1. 虽说是高学历，也未必就有教养。

    Suīshuō shì gāo xuélì, yě wèibì jiù yǒu jiàoyǎng.

    Being highly educated doesn’t necessarily mean being well-mannered.

    Sentence #2394890 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 学历 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 学 (xué) with each of its parts in a different colour
学xuéto learn
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 子child · zǐ

Memory aidA roof 冖 over a child 子 at study.

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 学历

学 8 strokes · 历 4 strokes

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

Words related to 学历

Words with 学

学xué · to learn学生xuésheng · student同学tóngxué · classmate学校xuéxiào · school学习xuéxí · to study大学dàxué · university上学shàngxué · to go to school小学xiǎoxué · elementary school中学zhōngxué · middle school大学生dàxuéshēng · university student

Words with 历

历史lìshǐ · history经历jīnglì · experience日历rìlì · calendar简历jiǎnlì · curriculum vitae (CV)历代lìdài · successive dynasties历来lìlái · always农历nónglì · lunar calendar来历láilì · origin

More words: Education & Learning

题目tímù · subject文字wénzì · writing物理wùlǐ · physics写作xiězuò · writing学问xuéwèn · learning训练xùnliàn · to train幼儿园yòu'éryuán · kindergarten语气yǔqì · tone

FAQs

学历 (xuélì) means “educational background” or “academic qualifications”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xuélì: xué with a 2nd 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, 学历 is written 學歷. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xueli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 学历 from the suggestions. Typing xueli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
学历 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.