Chongqing hotpot used to be peasant food | Total Beginner Chinese | Comprehensible input

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2026/03/31

Speech duration: 7min 20s
Unique characters · 35 once: 134
Word count: 672
Average sentence length: 6.5
Length: 9:38
Unique words · 35 once: 120
Syllables per minute: 128
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 146
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 173 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 173 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 173

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 173 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 173 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 6

Lv 40

Lv 173

Beyond

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 58%
HSK 2 5%
HSK 3 9%
HSK 4 8%
HSK 5 5%
HSK 6 0%
HSK 7–9 2%
Not on HSK 12%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 80% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 85%, 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 86 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 86 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	49	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	42	Lv 1
嗯	ng	(a groaning sound); (nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?; interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement	26	Lv 2
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-	26	Lv 2
火锅	huǒ guō	hotpot; (basketball) a blocked shot; a block	26	Lv 173
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]	22	Lv 1
吃	chī	to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc); variant of 吃[chi1]	21	Lv 2
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	20	Lv 1
他们	tā men	they; them	18	Lv 1
东西	dōng xī	east and west; thing; stuff; person; CL:個\|个[ge4],件[jian4]	17	Lv 2
放	fàng	to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)	14	Lv 3
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.)	13	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	12	Lv 1
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	12	Lv 1
格	gé	used in 格登[ge1 deng1]; used in 格格[ge1 ge1]; square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively	12	Lv 33
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	11	Lv 1
人	rén	person; people; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	10	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	10	Lv 1
哼	hēng	to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph!; interjection expressing dissatisfaction or suspicion	9	Lv 25
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	9	Lv 1

Is this video right for my Chinese?

A 10-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 7 minutes of speech at 128 syllables per minute. It's 672 words long, using 120 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 173 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 173 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 很, 的, 嗯.