| 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 | 史 | 史 | shǐ | Shi3 | history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China; surname Shi | | |
| 4 | 史学 | 史學 | shǐ xué | shi3 xue2 | historiography | | |
| 5 | 史料 | 史料 | shǐ liào | shi3 liao4 | historical material or data | | |
| 6 | 历史性 | 歷史性 | lì shǐ xìng | li4 shi3 xing4 | historic | | |
| 7 | 史诗 | 史詩 | shǐ shī | shi3 shi1 | an epic; poetic saga | | |
| 8 | 科学史 | 科學史 | kē xué shǐ | ke1 xue2 shi3 | history of science | | |
| 9 | 史记 | 史記 | shǐ jì | Shi3 ji4 | Records of the Grand Historian, by 司马迁 | | |
| 10 | 史书 | 史書 | shǐ shū | shi3 shu1 | history book | | |
| 11 | 近代史 | 近代史 | jìn dài shǐ | jin4 dai4 shi3 | modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century) | | |
| 12 | 历史学 | 歷史學 | lì shǐ xué | li4 shi3 xue2 | history | | |
| 13 | 史莱姆 | 史萊姆 | shǐ lái mǔ | shi3 lai2 mu3 | slime (loanword) | | |
| 14 | 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) | | |
| 15 | 血泪史 | 血淚史 | xuè lèi shǐ | xue4 lei4 shi3 | (fig.) history full of suffering; heart-rending story; Classifiers: 部 | | |
| 16 | 史高比耶 | 史高比耶 | shǐ gāo bǐ yē | Shi3 gao1 bi3 ye1 | Skopje, capital of North Macedonia (Tw) | | |
| 17 | 简史 | 簡史 | jiǎn shǐ | jian3 shi3 | a brief history | | |
| 18 | 讲史 | 講史 | jiǎng shǐ | jiang3 shi3 | historical tales | | |
| 19 | 二十四史 | 二十四史 | èr shí sì shǐ | Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3 | the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century; fig. a long and complicated story | | |
| 20 | 自然史 | 自然史 | zì rán shǐ | zi4 ran2 shi3 | natural history (i.e. botany and zoology) | | |
| 21 | 地史 | 地史 | dì shǐ | di4 shi3 | earth history; geological history | | |
| 22 | 党史 | 黨史 | dǎng shǐ | dang3 shi3 | history of the Party | | |
| 23 | 当代史 | 當代史 | dāng dài shǐ | dang1 dai4 shi3 | contemporary history | | |
| 24 | 编年史 | 編年史 | biān nián shǐ | bian1 nian2 shi3 | annals; chronicle | | |
| 25 | 北史 | 北史 | běi shǐ | Bei3 shi3 | History of the Northern Dynasties, fifteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 100 scrolls | | |