Why I Prefer Paperback Books over ebooks | INTERMEDIATE Chinese | Comprehensible Input

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2024/01/08

Speech duration: 9min 32s
Unique characters · 109 once: 299
Word count: 1,407
Average sentence length: 8.1
Length: 10:37
Unique words · 121 once: 290
Syllables per minute: 214
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 252
Difficulty Upper-Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 60 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 60 sits in the Upper-Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Upper-Intermediate · 60

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 60 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 60 sits in the Upper-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 6

Lv 25

Lv 60

Beyond

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 57%
HSK 2 11%
HSK 3 11%
HSK 4 4%
HSK 5 4%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 1%
Not on HSK 10%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 84% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 89%, HSK 1–9 covers 90%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 219 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	84	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	73	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	36	Lv 1
看	kàn	to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for	30	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	28	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]	26	Lv 1
书	shū	book; letter; document; to write; abbr. for 書經\|书经[Shu1 jing1]; CL:本[ben3],冊\|册[ce4],部[bu4]	25	Lv 6
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)	24	Lv 1
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	24	Lv 1
可以	kě yǐ	can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good	23	Lv 1
纸质书	zhǐ zhì shū	physical book; printed book	23	Unranked
一	yī	one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit	22	Lv 1
喜欢	xǐ huān	to like; to be fond of	22	Lv 1
这	zhè	(pronoun) this; these; (coll.) this; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)	20	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)	18	Lv 2
本	běn	originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc; (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent	18	Lv 8
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	17	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	16	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	16	Lv 1
电子书	diàn zi shū	electronic book; e-book; e-book reader	16	Unranked

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An 11-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 10 minutes of speech at 214 syllables per minute. It's 1,407 words long, using 290 different words. Difficulty: Upper-Intermediate, Level 60 — it suits Upper-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 60 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 我, 很.