Interview: Can Spanish speak Chinese? | Seville | Comprehensible Input | Intermediate

YouTube · Lazy Chinese · Learner content · 2026/01/06
2026/01/06
Speech duration
5min 41s
Unique characters · 72 once
219
Word count
905
Average sentence length
5.8
Length
8:22
Unique words · 76 once
194
Syllables per minute
225
Script
Simplified 简
Sentences
221
Difficulty
Upper-Intermediatedifficulty

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 47 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 47 sits in the Upper-Intermediate range.

How difficulty works
Upper-Intermediate · 47

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 47 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 47 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.

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

  • HSK 1 63%
  • HSK 2 5%
  • HSK 3 8%
  • HSK 4 5%
  • HSK 5 3%
  • HSK 6 1%
  • HSK 7–9 1%
  • Not on HSK 14%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 81% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 85%, HSK 1–9 covers 86%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 144 words.

WordPinyinMeaning (CC-CEDICT)In videoLevel
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; matching60Lv 1
我wǒI; me; my43Lv 1
很hěnvery; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)36Lv 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.)35Lv 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]34Lv 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; target33Lv 1
嗯ng(a groaning sound); (nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?; interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement24Lv 2
啊ainterjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!; interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer; Eh?; what?; interjection of surprise or doubt; Eh?; My!; what's up?; interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you!; modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent23Lv 1
觉得jué deto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)22Lv 1
不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-19Lv 1

Is this video right for my Chinese?

An 8-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 6 minutes of speech at 225 syllables per minute. It's 905 words long, using 194 different words. Difficulty: Upper-Intermediate, Level 47 — it suits Upper-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 47 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 对, 我, 很.