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Is travel overrated? | Intermediate @Lazy-Chinese

YouTube · BlaBla Chinese · Learner content · 2026/01/24
2026/01/24
Speech duration
21min 8s
Unique characters · 74 once
310
Word count
3,341
Average sentence length
8.0
Length
22:31
Unique words · 91 once
294
Syllables per minute
226
Script
Simplified 简
Sentences
600
Difficulty
Pre-Intermediatedifficulty

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 19 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 19 sits in the Pre-Intermediate range.

How difficulty works
Pre-Intermediate · 19

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 19 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 19 sits in the Pre-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.

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

  • HSK 1 68%
  • HSK 2 8%
  • HSK 3 11%
  • HSK 4 4%
  • HSK 5 1%
  • HSK 6 1%
  • HSK 7–9 0%
  • Not on HSK 7%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 91% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 93%, 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 164 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 164 words.

WordPinyinMeaning (CC-CEDICT)In videoLevel
我wǒI; me; my306Lv 1
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; target170Lv 1
很hěnvery; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)143Lv 1
去qùto 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)98Lv 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.)95Lv 1
对duìright; 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; matching83Lv 1
这个zhè gè(pronoun) this; (adjective) this77Lv 1
觉得jué deto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)73Lv 1
想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)72Lv 1
旅行lǚ xíngto travel; journey; trip; CL:趟[tang4],次[ci4]71Lv 19

Is this video right for my Chinese?

A 23-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 21 minutes of speech at 226 syllables per minute. It's 3,341 words long, using 294 different words. Difficulty: Pre-Intermediate, Level 19 — it suits Pre-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 19 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 很.