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史

shǐ

HSK 3 Character

What 史 means

1. history
2. annals
3. title of an official historian in ancient China

Other readings

史 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Shǐsurname Shi

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.
• 史蒂夫没回家。
  Steve did not come home.

Words starting with 史

• 史料shǐ liàohistorical material or data
• 史学shǐ xuéhistoriography
• 史记Shǐ jìRecords of the Grand Historian, by 司马迁
• 史诗shǐ shīan epic; poetic saga
• 史实shǐ shíhistorical fact
• 史无前例shǐ wú qián lì(idiom) unprecedented in history
• 史书shǐ shūhistory book
• 史前shǐ qiánprehistoric times; (attributive) prehistoric
• 史家shǐ jiāhistorian
• 史学家shǐ xué jiāhistorian
• 史册shǐ cèannals
• 史蒂夫Shǐ dì fūSteve (male name)
• 史称shǐ chēngto be known to history as
• 史迪威Shǐ dí wēiJoseph Stilwell (1883-1946), commander of US forces in China, Burma and India in World…
• 史上shǐ shàngin history
• 史传shǐ zhuànhistorical biography
• 史官shǐ guānscribe; court recorder; historian
• 史观shǐ guānhistorical point of view; historically speaking
• 史前人shǐ qián rénprehistoric man
• 史努比Shǐ nǔ bǐSnoopy (comic strip pet dog)
• 史威士Shǐ wēi shìSchweppes (soft drinks company)
• 史思明Shǐ Sī míngShi Siming (703-761), military colleague of An Lushan 安禄山
• 史传小说shǐ zhuàn xiǎo shuōhistorical novel
• 史普尼克Shǐ pǔ ní kèSputnik, Soviet artificial Earth satellite; also written 斯普特尼克

Words containing 史

• 历史lì shǐhistory
• 历史上lì shǐ shànghistorical; in history
• 历史性lì shǐ xìnghistoric
• 文史wén shǐliterature and history
• 历史学家lì shǐ xué jiāhistorian
• 有史以来yǒu shǐ yǐ láisince the beginning of history
• 刺史cì shǐprovincial governor (old)
• 历史学lì shǐ xuéhistory
• 近代史jìn dài shǐmodern history…
• 御史yù shǐimperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)
• 党史dǎng shǐhistory of the Party
• 思想史sī xiǎng shǐintellectual history
• 通史tōng shǐnarrative history; comprehensive history; a history covering an extended period
• 简史jiǎn shǐa brief history
• 哲学史zhé xué shǐhistory of philosophy
• 病史bìng shǐmedical history
• 文化史wén huà shǐcultural history
• 国史guó shǐnational history; dynastic history
• 正史zhèng shǐthe 24 or 25 official dynastic histories; true history, as opposed to fictional…
• 明史Míng shǐHistory of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史
• 现代史xiàn dài shǐmodern history
• 古代史gǔ dài shǐancient history
• 野史yě shǐunofficial history; history as popular legends
• 美术史měi shù shǐhistory of art

Characters that look like 史

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 支zhīto support; to sustain; to erect
• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 充chōngsufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as
• 岌jílofty peak; perilous
• 吏lìminor government official or functionary (old)

Sounds the same

Read shǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 使to make; to cause; to enable
• 始to begin; to start; then
• 驶(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go…
• 屎feces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
• 矢arrow; dart; straight
• 豕hog; swine
• 乨old variant of 始
• 兘old variant of 始
• 宩old variant of 屎