Why are people crazy about Labubu? | Intermediate Chinese | Comprehensible input

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2026/01/20

Speech duration: 6min 31s
Unique characters · 138 once: 307
Word count: 856
Average sentence length: 8.8
Length: 8:38
Unique words · 149 once: 283
Syllables per minute: 187
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 138
Difficulty Beyond ranked vocabularydifficulty Many of this content's words are outside our ranked vocabulary list — specialised terms or name-like words — so no level reaches 95% word coverage. How difficulty works: Beyond ranked vocabulary

Many of this content's words are outside our ranked vocabulary list — specialised terms or name-like words — so no level reaches 95% word coverage.

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HSK 1 50%
HSK 2 9%
HSK 3 9%
HSK 4 6%
HSK 5 7%
HSK 6 5%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 14%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 74% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 86%, HSK 1–9 covers 86%.

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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	68	Lv 1
布	bù	to announce; to spread; cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; variant of 布[bu4]	29	Lv 27
拉布	lā bù	(Hong Kong) to filibuster	29	Unranked
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	22	Lv 1
它	tā	it; it (pronoun for an animal)	17	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]	16	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	15	Lv 1
买	mǎi	to buy; to purchase	15	Lv 3
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]	15	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-	14	Lv 2
就	jiù	(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著\|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...	14	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.)	13	Lv 1
样子	yàng zi	appearance; manner; pattern; model	12	Lv 7
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	11	Lv 1
都	dōu	all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all; capital city; metropolis; surname Du	11	Lv 1
喜欢	xǐ huān	to like; to be fond of	10	Lv 1
人	rén	person; people; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	9	Lv 1
玩具	wán jù	plaything; toy	9	Lv 21
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	7	Lv 1
公司	gōng sī	company; firm; corporation; CL:家[jia1]	7	Lv 4

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A 9-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 7 minutes of speech at 187 syllables per minute. It's 856 words long, using 283 different words. Difficulty: Beyond ranked vocabulary — many of its words are outside our ranked vocabulary list, so no level reaches 95% word coverage. Words to learn first include 的, 布, 拉布.