My Dad thought I was going to Cut him Open - Chinese Comprehensible Input - Advanced Beginner

YouTube · Xiaogua Chinese · Learner content · 2026/01/30

2026/01/30

Speech duration: 5min 44s
Unique characters · 57 once: 180
Word count: 603
Average sentence length: 7.7
Length: 8:00
Unique words · 83 once: 177
Syllables per minute: 148
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 111
Difficulty Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 24 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 24 sits in the Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Intermediate · 24

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 24 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 24 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 4

Lv 22

Lv 24

Lv 34

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 64%
HSK 2 12%
HSK 3 8%
HSK 4 7%
HSK 5 3%
HSK 6 0%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 6%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 91% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 94%, HSK 1–9 covers 94%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 147 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	44	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	44	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	23	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])	21	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.)	15	Lv 1
她	tā	she	15	Lv 1
爸爸	bà bà	(coll.) father; dad; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	15	Lv 2
肚子	dù zi	belly; abdomen; stomach; CL:個\|个[ge4]	15	Lv 24
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]	12	Lv 1
妈妈	mā mā	mama; mommy; mother; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	12	Lv 2
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]	12	Lv 1
刀	dāo	(slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces); knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把[ba3]); surname Dao	11	Lv 13
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	11	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]	9	Lv 1
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	8	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	8	Lv 1
可以	kě yǐ	can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good	8	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	7	Lv 1
好奇	hǎo qí	inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity	7	Lv 26
用	yòng	to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore; (bound form) expense; outlay	7	Lv 2

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An 8-minute video from Xiaogua Chinese with 6 minutes of speech at 148 syllables per minute. It's 603 words long, using 177 different words. Difficulty: Intermediate, Level 24 — it suits Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 24 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 很.