I Say I Love Exercise, But Sometimes I'm Lazy— Learn Chinese | 虽然…但是 (HSK 2) CC + Pinyin Subs

YouTube · Chloe Chinese Class · Learner content · 2026/07/27

2026/07/27

Speech duration: 11min 33s
Unique characters · 140 once: 407
Word count: 1,840
Average sentence length: 8.3
Length: 11:44
Unique words · 185 once: 387
Syllables per minute: 232
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 323
Difficulty Upper-Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 53 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 53 sits in the Upper-Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Upper-Intermediate · 53

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 53 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 53 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 5

Lv 26

Lv 53

Lv 126

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 61%
HSK 2 14%
HSK 3 9%
HSK 4 5%
HSK 5 2%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 1%
Not on HSK 7%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 89% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 92%, HSK 1–9 covers 93%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 294 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	98	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	91	Lv 1
对	duì	right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching	67	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]	59	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	55	Lv 1
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	54	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	52	Lv 1
但是	dàn shì	but; however	36	Lv 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]	32	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.)	31	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	31	Lv 1
觉得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)	27	Lv 1
虽然	suī rán	although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)	26	Lv 7
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]	24	Lv 1
也	yě	also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]; surname Ye	22	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	22	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-	21	Lv 2
都	dōu	all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all; capital city; metropolis; surname Du	21	Lv 1
喝	hē	to drink; to shout; variant of 嗬[he1]	19	Lv 3
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	18	Lv 1

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A 12-minute video from Chloe Chinese Class with 12 minutes of speech at 232 syllables per minute. It's 1,840 words long, using 387 different words. Difficulty: Upper-Intermediate, Level 53 — it suits Upper-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 53 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 对.