The Pyramids of Egypt | Chinese Listening Practice (Slow & Normal Speed) | New HSK 4 · CC + Pinyin

YouTube · Chloe Chinese Class · Learner content · 2026/10/22

2026/10/22

Speech duration: 15min 51s
Unique characters · 23 once: 375
Word count: 1,774
Average sentence length: 9.2
Length: 17:35
Unique words · 42 once: 351
Syllables per minute: 172
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 296
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 93 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 93 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 93

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 93 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 93 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.

Lv 2

Lv 9

Lv 44

Lv 93

Beyond

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 50%
HSK 2 12%
HSK 3 10%
HSK 4 10%
HSK 5 3%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 1%
Not on HSK 12%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 82% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 87%, HSK 1–9 covers 88%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 283 words.

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	110	Lv 1
金字塔	jīn zì tǎ	pyramid (building or structure)	58	Lv 93
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]	54	Lv 1
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	49	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]	43	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	33	Lv 1
一	yī	one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit	28	Lv 1
呢	ne	particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation; dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)	23	Lv 2
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	23	Lv 1
人	rén	person; people; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	22	Lv 1
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result; so; the reason why	22	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 ...	20	Lv 1
它	tā	it; it (pronoun for an animal)	19	Lv 1
埃及	āi jí	Egypt	18	Lv 41
去	qù	to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)	16	Lv 1
因为	yīn wèi	because; owing to; on account of	16	Lv 1
大	dà	big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother); see 大夫[dai4 fu5]	16	Lv 2
都	dōu	all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all; capital city; metropolis; surname Du	16	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	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-	15	Lv 2

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An 18-minute video from Chloe Chinese Class with 16 minutes of speech at 172 syllables per minute. It's 1,774 words long, using 351 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 93 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 93 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 金字塔, 了.