历史
lì shǐ
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 歷史
History: the past of a country, a people or a thing, and the school subject that studies it.
Toàn bộ những gì đã diễn ra trong quá khứ của một đất nước, một dân tộc hay một sự vật; cũng là tên môn học nghiên cứu những điều đó.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 061 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): etymology of “lịch sử” = 歷史 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “lịch sử” (lich-su). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “历史” mean?
History: the past of a country, a people or a thing, and the school subject that studies it. Literally: what has passed + chronicle
Is “历史” formal or informal?
历史 is generally neutral.