My love story | Beginner Chinese | Comprehensible input

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2026/07/28

Speech duration: 8min 36s
Unique characters · 67 once: 190
Word count: 777
Average sentence length: 8.4
Length: 11:43
Unique words · 73 once: 181
Syllables per minute: 132
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 135
Difficulty Pre-Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 20 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 20 sits in the Pre-Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Pre-Intermediate · 20

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 20 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 20 sits in the Pre-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 4

Lv 11

Lv 20

Lv 26

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

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

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 89% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 92%, 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 143 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 143 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	63	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	52	Lv 1
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	31	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]	30	Lv 1
他	tā	(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])	23	Lv 1
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)	17	Lv 1
老公	lǎo gōng	(coll.) husband; (coll.) eunuch; see also 老公[lao3 gong1]	17	Lv 24
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]	16	Lv 1
时候	shí hòu	time; length of time; moment; period	13	Lv 1
次	cì	next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time	12	Lv 1
因为	yīn wèi	because; owing to; on account of	11	Lv 1
年	nián	year; grain; harvest (old); CL:個\|个[ge4]; variant of 年[nian2]; surname Nian	11	Lv 2
见面	jiàn miàn	to meet; to see each other; CL:次[ci4]	11	Lv 10
中国	zhōng guó	China	10	Lv 15
和	hé	(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others; to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards; to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]; to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs; old variant of 和[he2]; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]); surname He	10	Lv 1
那个	nà gè	that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]	10	Lv 2
一起	yī qǐ	(in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)	9	Lv 2
可是	kě shì	but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed	9	Lv 5
个	gè	used in 自個兒\|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]; (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual; variant of 個\|个[ge4]	8	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	8	Lv 1

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A 12-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 9 minutes of speech at 132 syllables per minute. It's 777 words long, using 181 different words. Difficulty: Pre-Intermediate, Level 20 — it suits Pre-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 20 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 我们.