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Ep05_Story1 Surprised Dating | 100 Chinese Stories Series | Comprehensible Input | SUPER BEGINNER

YouTube · BlaBla Chinese · Learner content · 2023/06/18
2023/06/18
Speech duration
15min 35s
Unique characters · 14 once
138
Word count
1,344
Average sentence length
5.7
Length
20:50
Unique words · 19 once
132
Syllables per minute
126
Script
Simplified 简
Sentences
345
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.

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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 3.0 coverage

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

  • HSK 1 57%
  • HSK 2 5%
  • HSK 3 8%
  • HSK 4 7%
  • HSK 5 1%
  • HSK 6 2%
  • HSK 7–9 0%
  • Not on HSK 20%

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

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The 20 most-used of these 90 words.

WordPinyinMeaning (CC-CEDICT)In videoLevel
橙子chéng ziorange69Unranked
我wǒI; me; my66Lv 1
你nǐyou (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.)60Lv 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]58Lv 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)55Lv 1
上shàngused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above; (bound form) up; upper; above; previous48Lv 1
厕所cè suǒtoilet; lavatory; CL:間|间[jian1],處|处[chu4]34Lv 17
发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds); hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]34Lv 11
手机shǒu jīcell phone; mobile phone; CL:部[bu4]28Lv 9
点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts26Lv 1

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A 21-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 16 minutes of speech at 126 syllables per minute. It's 1,344 words long, using 132 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 橙子, 我, 你.