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历史

lì shǐ

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 歷史 Measure word 门、段

历史 (lì shǐ) means "history". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 历史 means

1. history

The characters in 历史

• 历lìcalendar
• 史shǐhistory; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China

Example sentences

• 我教历史。
  I teach history.
• 我喜欢历史。
  I like history.
• 汤姆教历史。
  Tom teaches history.
• 我讨厌历史。
  I hate history.
• 历史自会重演。
  Lìshǐ zì huì chóngyǎn.
  History repeats itself.
• 他教我们历史。
  He teaches us history.

Words starting with 历史

• 历史上lì shǐ shànghistorical; in history
• 历史性lì shǐ xìnghistoric
• 历史学家lì shǐ xué jiāhistorian
• 历史学lì shǐ xuéhistory
• 历史剧lì shǐ jùhistorical drama
• 历史家lì shǐ jiāhistorian
• 历史事件lì shǐ shì jiànhistorical incident
• 历史人物lì shǐ rén wùhistorical person
• 历史意义lì shǐ yì yìhistoric significance
• 历史成本lì shǐ chéng běnhistoric cost (accounting)
• 历史新高lì shǐ xīn gāoall-time high
• 历史时期lì shǐ shí qīhistorical period
• 历史版本lì shǐ bǎn běnhistorical version; a previous version (of an app, document etc)
• 历史观点lì shǐ guān diǎnhistorical standpoint
• 历史博物馆lì shǐ bó wù guǎnhistorical museum
• 历史重演lì shǐ chóng yǎnhistory repeats itself
• 历史背景lì shǐ bèi jǐnghistorical background
• 历史遗产lì shǐ yí chǎnheritage; historical legacy
• 历史唯物主义lì shǐ wéi wù zhǔ yìhistorical materialism (Marx's theory of history)
• 历史沿革lì shǐ yán géhistorical development; background
• 历史遗迹lì shǐ yí jìhistoric site
• 历史悠久lì shǐ yōu jiǔlong-established; time-honored

Words containing 历史

• 黑历史hēi lì shǐdark past
• 修订历史xiū dìng lì shǐrevision history (of a document, web page etc)
• 回顾历史huí gù lì shǐto look back at history
• 架空历史jià kōng lì shǐalternate history; counterfactual history (genre of fiction)
• 自然历史zì rán lì shǐnatural history

Where 历史 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Work, Society & Culture (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lì shǐ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.