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2026/08/18

Speech duration: 12min 37s
Unique characters · 40 once: 162
Word count: 1,327
Average sentence length: 5.4
Length: 20:45
Unique words · 44 once: 141
Syllables per minute: 131
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 307
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. How difficulty works: 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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Lv 16

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HSK 3.0 coverage

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HSK 1 57%
HSK 2 5%
HSK 3 10%
HSK 4 4%
HSK 5 0%
HSK 6 0%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 23%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 76% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 77%, HSK 1–9 covers 77%.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
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]	87	Lv 1
好	hǎo	good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello; to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to	79	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	73	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	66	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	63	Lv 1
佳	jiā	beautiful; fine; good; surname Jia	56	Lv 54
琪	qí	(literary) fine jade	56	Unranked
吗	ma	(coll.) what?; used in 嗎啡\|吗啡[ma3 fei1]; (question particle for "yes-no" questions)	51	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]	43	Lv 1
人	rén	person; people; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	42	Lv 1
萱	xuān	orange day-lily (Hemerocallis flava); old variant of 萱[xuan1]; old variant of 萱[xuan1]; old variant of 萱[xuan1]; old variant of 萱[xuan1]	42	Unranked
蔚	yù	place name; Artemisia japonica; luxuriant; resplendent; impressive; surname Yu	42	Unranked
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	36	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	36	Lv 1
头发	tóu fā	hair (on the head)	33	Lv 9
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.)	28	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])	23	Lv 1
男生	nán shēng	schoolboy; male student; boy; guy (young adult male)	20	Lv 24
女生	nǚ shēng	schoolgirl; female student; girl	18	Lv 17
分	fēn	to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money); part; share; ingredient; component; (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2])	16	Lv 16

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A 21-minute video from Xiaogua Chinese with 13 minutes of speech at 131 syllables per minute. It's 1,327 words long, using 141 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 是, 好, 不.