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YouTube · Lazy Chinese · Learner content · 2026/07/14
2026/07/14
Speech duration
23min 32s
Unique characters · 92 once
341
Word count
3,389
Average sentence length
8.2
Length
27:19
Unique words · 130 once
359
Syllables per minute
206
Script
Simplified 简
Sentences
593
Difficulty
Advanceddifficulty

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 126 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 126 sits in the Advanced range.

How difficulty works
Advanced · 126

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 126 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 126 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.

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

  • HSK 1 61%
  • HSK 2 10%
  • HSK 3 10%
  • HSK 4 5%
  • HSK 5 1%
  • HSK 6 0%
  • HSK 7–9 2%
  • Not on HSK 10%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 86% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 87%, HSK 1–9 covers 90%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 206 words.

WordPinyinMeaning (CC-CEDICT)In videoLevel
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; target227Lv 1
我wǒI; me; my208Lv 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; matching129Lv 1
是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4]125Lv 1
不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-84Lv 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.)79Lv 1
嗯ng(a groaning sound); (nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?; interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement76Lv 2
很hěnvery; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)73Lv 1
有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)63Lv 1
看kànto look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for61Lv 1

Is this video right for my Chinese?

A 27-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 24 minutes of speech at 206 syllables per minute. It's 3,389 words long, using 359 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 126 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 126 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 我, 对.