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历史

lì shǐ 4–3

history

HSK level
HSK 4
HSK 2.0 level 3 · HSK 3.0 level 4
Characters
2
历 · 史
Syllables
2
lì shǐ
Frequency
Common
corpus count 882

Part of speech: n

Character by character

  • 历lì4 strokesHSK 3 traditional 曆history; calendar
  • 史shǐ5 strokesHSK 3history, chronicle, annals

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

  • 我教历史。

    Wǒ jiāo lì shǐ

    I teach history.

  • 他教我们历史。

    Tā jiāo wǒ men lì shǐ

    He teaches us history.

  • 你学习中国历史。

    Nǐ xué xí Zhōng guó lì shǐ

    You study Chinese history.

  • 历史是生活的情人。

    Lì shǐ shì shēng huó de qíng rén

    History is life's lover.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 历史. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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