Why We Actually Don’t Want to Be Teachers | Intermediate

YouTube · Xiaogua Chinese · Learner content · 2026/07/18

2026/07/18

Speech duration: 24min 38s
Unique characters · 116 once: 379
Word count: 3,470
Average sentence length: 7.6
Length: 27:38
Unique words · 164 once: 418
Syllables per minute: 201
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 654
Difficulty Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 36 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 36 sits in the Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Intermediate · 36

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 36 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 36 sits in the Intermediate 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 3

Lv 12

Lv 36

Lv 92

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 67%
HSK 2 10%
HSK 3 8%
HSK 4 4%
HSK 5 1%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 8%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 90% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 91%, HSK 1–9 covers 92%.

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 249 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 249 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	285	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	191	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	125	Lv 1
老师	lǎo shī	teacher; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	104	Lv 9
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	94	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	82	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]	80	Lv 1
觉得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)	74	Lv 1
做	zuò	to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)	70	Lv 1
想	xiǎng	to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)	64	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.)	54	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]	49	Lv 1
范	fàn	pattern; model; example; surname Fan	48	Lv 67
说	shuō	to persuade; to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine; variant of 說\|说[shuo1]	43	Lv 1
多	duō	many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-	42	Lv 2
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result; so; the reason why	41	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)	36	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	36	Lv 1
学生	xué shēng	student; schoolchild	34	Lv 11
就是	jiù shì	exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if	34	Lv 2

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A 28-minute video from Xiaogua Chinese with 25 minutes of speech at 201 syllables per minute. It's 3,470 words long, using 418 different words. Difficulty: Intermediate, Level 36 — it suits Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 36 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 很.