| 1 | 历史 | 歷史 | lì shǐ | li4 shi3 | history; Classifiers: 门 | | |
| 2 | 历史上 | 歷史上 | lì shǐ shàng | li4 shi3 shang4 | historical; in history | | |
| 3 | 经历 | 經歷 | jīng lì | jing1 li4 | experience; Classifiers: 个 ; to experience; to go through | | |
| 4 | 历来 | 歷來 | lì lái | li4 lai2 | always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time | | |
| 5 | 历代 | 歷代 | lì dài | li4 dai4 | successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties | | |
| 6 | 历时 | 歷時 | lì shí | li4 shi2 | to last; to take (time); period; diachronic | | |
| 7 | 历史性 | 歷史性 | lì shǐ xìng | li4 shi3 xing4 | historic | | |
| 8 | 农历 | 農曆 | nóng lì | nong2 li4 | the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar | | |
| 9 | 历 | 厤 | lì | li4 | to experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history; calendar; old variant of 历 ; old variant of 历 | | |
| 10 | 来历 | 來歷 | lái lì | lai2 li4 | history; antecedents; origin | | |
| 11 | 历法 | 曆法 | lì fǎ | li4 fa3 | variant of 历法 calendar; calendar science; calendar system | | |
| 12 | 历史学 | 歷史學 | lì shǐ xué | li4 shi3 xue2 | history | | |
| 13 | 历史唯物主义 | 歷史唯物主義 | lì shǐ wéi wù zhǔ yì | li4 shi3 wei2 wu4 zhu3 yi4 | historical materialism (Marx's theory of history) | | |
| 14 | 四分历 | 四分曆 | sì fēn lì | si4 fen1 li4 | "quarter remainder" calendar, the first calculated Chinese calendar, dating from c. 484 BC | | |
| 15 | 老皇历 | 老皇曆 | lǎo huáng lì | lao3 huang2 li4 | (lit.) past years' almanac; (fig.) ancient history; obsolete practice; old-fashioned principle | | |
| 16 | 来历不明 | 來歷不明 | lái lì bù míng | lai2 li4 bu4 ming2 | of unknown origin | | |
| 17 | 经历风雨 | 經歷風雨 | jīng lì fēng yǔ | jing1 li4 feng1 yu3 | to go through thick and thin (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 挂历 | 掛曆 | guà lì | gua4 li4 | wall calendar | | |
| 19 | 公历 | 公曆 | gōng lì | gong1 li4 | Gregorian calendar; solar calendar | | |
| 20 | 隔年皇历 | 隔年皇曆 | gé nián huáng lì | ge2 nian2 huang2 li4 | lit. almanac from years back (idiom); obsolete practice; old-fashioned principle | | |
| 21 | 格列高利历 | 格列高利曆 | gé liè gāo lì lì | Ge2 lie4 gao1 li4 li4 | Gregorian calendar | | |
| 22 | 资历 | 資歷 | zī lì | zi1 li4 | qualifications; experience; seniority | | |
| 23 | 翻老皇历 | 翻老皇曆 | fān lǎo huáng lì | fan1 lao3 huang2 li4 | to look to the past for guidance (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 大明历 | 大明曆 | dà míng lì | Da4 ming2 li4 | the 5th century Chinese calendar established by Zu Chongzhi 祖冲之 | | |
| 25 | 重历旧游 | 重歷舊遊 | chóng lì jiù yóu | chong2 li4 jiu4 you2 | to revisit; to return to a previously visited spot | | |