历史性 lìshǐxìng historic Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 历史 歷史 lìshǐ noun history The past events of humanity or nature; past records or a person's background; the academic field or study of past events.性 xìng affix [-ity] Suffix used after verbs or adjectives to form nouns expressing a state, quality, or scope, similar to English "-ity", "-ness", or "-ism".