Why some Chinese girls hate their names | Comprehensible input | Intermediate

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2025/03/25

Speech duration: 6min 45s
Unique characters · 81 once: 206
Word count: 539
Average sentence length: 8.7
Length: 9:47
Unique words · 106 once: 193
Syllables per minute: 122
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 94
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 201 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 201 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 201

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 201 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 201 sits in the Advanced range.

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Vocab coverage

The Level you need to know each share of this video’s words. The dark 95% step is its difficulty.

Lv 2

Lv 10

Lv 33

Lv 201

Beyond

HSK 3.0 coverage

Which HSK 3.0 list each of this video’s words comes from.

HSK 1 53%
HSK 2 6%
HSK 3 13%
HSK 4 8%
HSK 5 2%
HSK 6 4%
HSK 7–9 1%
Not on HSK 14%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 80% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 85%, HSK 1–9 covers 86%.

Words to learn first

Pick a level to see the words a learner there needs to understand 95% of this video’s words.

Starting from zero (Beginner), learn 167 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 167 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
的	de	of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的\|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs; really and truly; a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4]); (bound form) bull's-eye; target	35	Lv 1
名字	míng zì	name (of a person or thing); CL:個\|个[ge4]	25	Lv 3
娣	dì	wife of a younger brother	17	Unranked
你	nǐ	you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]); you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)	15	Lv 1
招	zhāo	to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess	15	Lv 26
她	tā	she	11	Lv 1
是	shì	to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4]	11	Lv 1
就是	jiù shì	exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if	10	Lv 2
在	zài	to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)	9	Lv 1
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	8	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	8	Lv 1
意思	yì sī	idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc; CL:個\|个[ge4]	8	Lv 3
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	8	Lv 1
呢	ne	particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation; dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)	7	Lv 2
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	7	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	7	Lv 1
比较	bǐ jiào	to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison	7	Lv 10
都	dōu	all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all; capital city; metropolis; surname Du	7	Lv 1
了	le	(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無\|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least; (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly; to understand clearly (variant of 瞭\|了[liao3]); unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]	6	Lv 1
叫	jiào	to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood); variant of 叫[jiao4]	6	Lv 2

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A 10-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 7 minutes of speech at 122 syllables per minute. It's 539 words long, using 193 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 201 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 201 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 名字, 娣.