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173.Spot the Differences in Chinese | Train Station Farewell Scene火车站送别 (Intermediate)

YouTube · Story Learning Chinese with Annie · Learner content · 2026/06/05
2026/06/05
Speech duration
20min 41s
Unique characters · 78 once
348
Word count
2,660
Average sentence length
8.5
Length
21:53
Unique words · 104 once
350
Syllables per minute
190
Script
Simplified 简
Sentences
465
Difficulty
Advanceddifficulty

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 98 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 98 sits in the Advanced range.

How difficulty works
Advanced · 98

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 98 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 98 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.

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

  • HSK 1 52%
  • HSK 2 10%
  • HSK 3 9%
  • HSK 4 6%
  • HSK 5 2%
  • HSK 6 1%
  • HSK 7–9 2%
  • Not on HSK 18%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 77% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 80%, HSK 1–9 covers 82%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 232 words.

WordPinyinMeaning (CC-CEDICT)In videoLevel
的deof; ~'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; target270Lv 1
这个zhè gè(pronoun) this; (adjective) this183Lv 1
是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4]111Lv 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])85Lv 1
啊ainterjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!; interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer; Eh?; what?; interjection of surprise or doubt; Eh?; My!; what's up?; interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you!; modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent63Lv 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 Nuo54Lv 1
我wǒI; me; my49Lv 1
一个yī gèa; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)43Lv 1
在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)42Lv 1
个gèused 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]40Lv 1

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A 22-minute video from Story Learning Chinese with Annie with 21 minutes of speech at 190 syllables per minute. It's 2,660 words long, using 350 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 98 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 98 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 这个, 是.