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Ep41 "祝bless"| Chinese Character Evolution | Chinese Comprehensible Input | TPRS Chinese

YouTube · BlaBla Chinese · Learner content · 2023/07/12
2023/07/12
Speech duration
1min 5s
Unique characters · 50 once
101
Word count
135
Average sentence length
7.7
Length
2:21
Unique words · 50 once
77
Syllables per minute
192
Script
Simplified 简
Sentences
27
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 51%
  • HSK 2 12%
  • HSK 3 7%
  • HSK 4 10%
  • HSK 5 1%
  • HSK 6 5%
  • HSK 7–9 3%
  • Not on HSK 11%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 80% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 86%, HSK 1–9 covers 89%.

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WordPinyinMeaning (CC-CEDICT)In videoLevel
的deof; ~'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; target11Lv 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.)8Lv 1
祝zhùto pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies; surname Zhu6Lv 8
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])5Lv 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)4Lv 1
就是jiù shìexactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if4Lv 2
祝福zhù fúblessings; to wish sb well4Lv 56
时候shí hòutime; length of time; moment; period3Lv 1
让ràngto yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])3Lv 1
说shuōto 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]3Lv 1

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A 2-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 1 minute of speech at 192 syllables per minute. It's 135 words long, using 77 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, 你, 祝.