lei5 lik6履歷履历
Jyutpinglei5 lik6
Yaleléih lihk
Definition
Curriculum vitae or résumé; one's education and work experience.
- educational background and work experience
- a résumé, CV, or written record of one's background
neutralwork
How it's used
Refers specifically to the document detailing one's professional and academic history. While it can be used on its own, it is very frequently paired with 表 to form 履歷表, which is the standard term for a formal resume or CV. In casual conversation, people often just refer to it as 份CV, as the English acronym is extremely common in the Hong Kong workplace.
Measure word
fan2份fánExamples
Your CV is written quite well.
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using it to mean a personal biography or life story, as those are better described by terms like 自傳. It is strictly for professional or academic documentation.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
