史
shǐ
history
surname Shi; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
mouth (口) + governance (乂) = recorded history
The historian's role was to capture the words of governance — what rulers said and did — and set them in order for posterity. Together the components evoke an official voice controlling and preserving the record.
他在学校里喜欢学历史。
tā zài xué xiào lǐ xǐ huān xué lì shǐ。
He likes studying history at school.
这本书记录了我们国家几百年的历史。
zhè běn shū jì lù le wǒ men guó jiā jǐ bǎi nián de lì shǐ。
This book records several hundred years of our country's history.
Words with 史
史学
shǐ xué
historiography
哲学史
zhé xué shǐ
history of philosophy
通史
tōng shǐ
narrative history
辽史
liáo shǐ
History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 116 scrolls
金史
jīn shǐ
History of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, twenty second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 135 scrolls
阿史那骨咄禄
ā shǐ nà gǔ duō lù
Ashina Qutlugh, personal name of 頡跌利施可汗|颉跌利施可汗[Jie2 die1 li4 shi1 Ke4 han2]
青史
qīng shǐ
annal
鲁史
lǔ shǐ
refers to the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
黑历史
hēi lì shǐ
dark past
党史
dǎng shǐ
history of the Party
一部二十四史，不知从何说起
yī bù èr shí sì shǐ , bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ
It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
三国史记
sān guó shǐ jì
History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾|金富轼[Jin1 Fu4 shi4] in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2], Baekje 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4], Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2].