史 (shǐ) means History. Below are 24 of the 39 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他本科学的是历 史 。
Tā běnkē xué de shì lìshǐ.
He studied history as an undergraduate.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 本科
他对历 史 特别感兴趣。
Tā duì lìshǐ tèbié gǎn xìngqù.
He is especially interested in history.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 感兴趣
他是我们的历 史 老师。
Tā shì wǒmen de lìshǐ lǎoshī.
He is our history teacher.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 历史
他对历 史 的兴趣很浓。
Tā duì lìshǐ de xìngqù hěn nóng.
His interest in history is keen.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 浓
这个城市有很长的历 史 。
Zhège chéngshì yǒu hěn cháng de lìshǐ.
This city has a long history.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 历史
这座桥有一百年的历 史 。
Zhè zuò qiáo yǒu yìbǎi nián de lìshǐ.
This bridge is a hundred years old.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 座
公元前的历 史 很难研究。
Gōngyuán qián de lìshǐ hěn nán yánjiū.
History before the common era is hard to research.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 公元
他对军事历 史 很感兴趣。
Tā duì jūnshì lìshǐ hěn gǎn xìngqù.
He is very interested in military history.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 军事
他是历 史 上的重要人物。
Tā shì lìshǐ shàng de zhòngyào rénwù.
He is an important figure in history.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 人物
这个国家有悠久的历 史 。
Zhège guójiā yǒu yōujiǔ de lìshǐ.
This country has a long history.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 悠久
他最喜欢的科目是历 史 。
Tā zuì xǐhuan de kēmù shì lìshǐ.
His favourite subject is history.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 科目
他对历 史 有浓厚的兴趣。
Tā duì lìshǐ yǒu nónghòu de xìngqù.
He has a keen interest in history.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 浓厚
他在学习中国文化和历 史 。
Tā zài xuéxí Zhōngguó wénhuà hé lìshǐ.
He is studying Chinese culture and history.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 文化
这座桥有一个世纪的历 史 。
Zhè zuò qiáo yǒu yí ge shìjì de lìshǐ.
This bridge has a century of history.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 世纪
这块化石有上亿年的历 史 。
Zhè kuài huàshí yǒu shàng yì nián de lìshǐ.
This fossil is over a hundred million years old.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 化石
历 史 上这个民族多次迁徙。
Lìshǐ shang zhège mínzú duō cì qiānxǐ.
This people migrated many times in history.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 迁徙
这段历 史 记录了那场侵略。
Zhè duàn lìshǐ jìlù le nà chǎng qīnlüè.
This period of history records that invasion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 侵略
这些文物有上千年的历 史 。
Zhèxiē wénwù yǒu shàng qiān nián de lìshǐ.
These relics are over a thousand years old.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 文物
这是历 史 遗留下来的问题。
Zhè shì lìshǐ yíliú xiàlái de wèntí.
This is a problem left over from history.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遗留
这幢房子有一百多年历 史 。
Zhè zhuàng fángzi yǒu yìbǎi duō nián lìshǐ.
This house is over a hundred years old.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 幢
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From the travel phrasebook
您好，我是 史 密斯。
Nín hǎo, wǒ shì Shǐmìsī.
Hello, I'm Smith.
Travel phrasebook · Meetings and introductions
史 appears in 39 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 史
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Questions about 史
How is 史 used in a sentence?
This page shows 39 sentences using 史 (shǐ, "History"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 史 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 史 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 史?
The dictionary page for 史 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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