How to Use 常常 & 经常 (often) : Learn Chinese with Chinese podcast | HSK 3 ｜CC SUB (pinyin)

YouTube · Chloe Chinese Class · Learner content · 2026/05/18

2026/05/18

Speech duration: 16min 53s
Unique characters · 131 once: 454
Word count: 3,102
Average sentence length: 8.5
Length: 17:34
Unique words · 185 once: 474
Syllables per minute: 262
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 519
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 65 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 65 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 65

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 65 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 65 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 1

Lv 5

Lv 30

Lv 65

Lv 228

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 60%
HSK 2 11%
HSK 3 11%
HSK 4 4%
HSK 5 2%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 10%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 87% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 90%, HSK 1–9 covers 90%.

Words to learn first

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Starting from zero (Beginner), learn 314 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 314 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	192	Lv 1
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	147	Lv 1
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.)	86	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	77	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]	76	Lv 1
对	duì	right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching	72	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]	65	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)	49	Lv 2
常常	cháng cháng	frequently; often	46	Lv 30
然后	rán hòu	then; after that; afterwards	45	Lv 2
去	qù	to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)	44	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	44	Lv 1
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	42	Lv 1
她	tā	she	40	Lv 1
会	huì	can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]); (bound form) to reckon accounts	38	Lv 1
但是	dàn shì	but; however	37	Lv 1
也	yě	also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]; surname Ye	36	Lv 1
吗	ma	(coll.) what?; used in 嗎啡\|吗啡[ma3 fei1]; (question particle for "yes-no" questions)	36	Lv 1
那	nà	(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case); (archaic) many; beautiful; how; variant of 哪[na3]; old variant of 挪[nuo2]; surname Na; surname Nuo	35	Lv 1
时候	shí hòu	time; length of time; moment; period	34	Lv 1

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An 18-minute video from Chloe Chinese Class with 17 minutes of speech at 262 syllables per minute. It's 3,102 words long, using 474 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 65 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 65 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 你.