3. Why squat toilets still make sense in China | SUPER BEGINNER Series - China, Everyday

YouTube · BlaBla Chinese · Learner content · 2026/02/14

2026/02/14

Speech duration: 5min 19s
Unique characters · 12 once: 87
Word count: 622
Average sentence length: 6.6
Length: 6:13
Unique words · 21 once: 81
Syllables per minute: 173
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 139
Difficulty Upper-Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 55 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 55 sits in the Upper-Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Upper-Intermediate · 55

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 55 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 55 sits in the Upper-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.

Lv 1

Lv 8

Lv 26

Lv 55

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 62%
HSK 2 7%
HSK 3 6%
HSK 4 10%
HSK 5 0%
HSK 6 4%
HSK 7–9 3%
Not on HSK 9%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 85% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 88%, HSK 1–9 covers 91%.

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 55 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 55 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
厕所	cè suǒ	toilet; lavatory; CL:間\|间[jian1],處\|处[chu4]	55	Lv 17
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	45	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	32	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	26	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)	24	Lv 1
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-	24	Lv 2
蹲	dūn	(dialect) to sprain one's foot or leg due to a sudden impact or landing; to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere)	22	Lv 40
人	rén	person; people; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	21	Lv 1
上	shàng	used in 上聲\|上声[shang3 sheng1]; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above; (bound form) up; upper; above; previous	19	Lv 1
马桶	mǎ tǒng	chamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet; toilet bowl	19	Lv 55
中国	zhōng guó	China	18	Lv 15
去	qù	to 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)	16	Lv 1
坐	zuò	to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; variant of 座[zuo4]; surname Zuo	16	Lv 4
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	16	Lv 1
更	gèng	to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard); more; even more; further; still; still more	16	Lv 2
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	15	Lv 1
可以	kě yǐ	can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good	13	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	13	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]	12	Lv 1
喜欢	xǐ huān	to like; to be fond of	10	Lv 1

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A 6-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 5 minutes of speech at 173 syllables per minute. It's 622 words long, using 81 different words. Difficulty: Upper-Intermediate, Level 55 — it suits Upper-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 55 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 厕所, 的, 这个.