You met me at a very Chinese time in my life | Upper intermediate

YouTube · Xiaogua Chinese · Learner content · 2026/08/29

2026/08/29

Speech duration: 20min 54s
Unique characters · 140 once: 450
Word count: 2,564
Average sentence length: 7.7
Length: 22:57
Unique words · 205 once: 467
Syllables per minute: 180
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 489
Difficulty Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 35 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 35 sits in the Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Intermediate · 35

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 35 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 35 sits in the 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 4

Lv 20

Lv 35

Lv 114

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 61%
HSK 2 12%
HSK 3 9%
HSK 4 6%
HSK 5 3%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 8%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 87% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 92%, HSK 1–9 covers 92%.

Words to learn first

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Starting from zero (Beginner), learn 333 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 333 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
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	169	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.)	120	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	109	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]	80	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	67	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	57	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	48	Lv 1
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result; so; the reason why	42	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 ...	41	Lv 1
那	nà	(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case); (archaic) many; beautiful; how; variant of 哪[na3]; old variant of 挪[nuo2]; surname Na; surname Nuo	37	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	36	Lv 1
他们	tā men	they; them	36	Lv 1
好	hǎo	good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello; to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to	34	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	34	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	34	Lv 1
觉得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)	34	Lv 1
就是	jiù shì	exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if	31	Lv 2
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]	31	Lv 1
时候	shí hòu	time; length of time; moment; period	30	Lv 1
什么	shén me	what?; something; anything	28	Lv 1

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A 23-minute video from Xiaogua Chinese with 21 minutes of speech at 180 syllables per minute. It's 2,564 words long, using 467 different words. Difficulty: Intermediate, Level 35 — it suits Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 35 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 你, 我.