Uncle Can is Finally Back! 璨叔回来啦！Chinese Podcast #202

YouTube · Dashu Mandarin · Learner content · 2026/05/22

2026/05/22

Speech duration: 44min 57s
Unique characters · 249 once: 881
Word count: 9,707
Average sentence length: 8.8
Length: 48:28
Unique words · 510 once: 1,167
Syllables per minute: 314
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 1,602
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 67 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 67 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 67

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 67 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 67 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 1

Lv 5

Lv 25

Lv 67

Lv 236

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 9%
HSK 4 9%
HSK 5 4%
HSK 6 2%
HSK 7–9 2%
Not on HSK 12%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 81% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 86%, 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 677 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 677 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	534	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	427	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]	273	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]	246	Lv 1
就是	jiù shì	exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if	198	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 ...	172	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.)	153	Lv 1
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]	153	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	150	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	148	Lv 1
在	zài	to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)	131	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	125	Lv 1
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	113	Lv 1
其实	qí shí	actually; in fact; really	105	Lv 5
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	99	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	95	Lv 1
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	88	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	83	Lv 1
他们	tā men	they; them	82	Lv 1
觉得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)	82	Lv 1

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A 48-minute video from Dashu Mandarin with 45 minutes of speech at 314 syllables per minute. It's 9,707 words long, using 1,167 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 67 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 67 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 是.