China's 5000 years in 20 stories | Ep01 The Origins of the Chinese People | Chinese history Series

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2025/11/08

Speech duration: 13min 18s
Unique characters · 55 once: 266
Word count: 1,853
Average sentence length: 8.2
Length: 14:36
Unique words · 80 once: 268
Syllables per minute: 209
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 338
Difficulty Upper-Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 49 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 49 sits in the Upper-Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Upper-Intermediate · 49

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 49 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 49 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 3

Lv 15

Lv 49

Lv 117

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 55%
HSK 2 8%
HSK 3 8%
HSK 4 4%
HSK 5 3%
HSK 6 2%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 19%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 76% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 80%, HSK 1–9 covers 81%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 176 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	117	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	107	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]	66	Lv 1
他	tā	(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])	58	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	54	Lv 1
部落	bù luò	tribe	51	Lv 14
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	41	Lv 1
他们	tā men	they; them	37	Lv 1
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result; so; the reason why	35	Lv 2
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	33	Lv 1
了	le	(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無\|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least; (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly; to understand clearly (variant of 瞭\|了[liao3]); unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]	30	Lv 1
人	rén	person; people; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	30	Lv 1
呢	ne	particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation; dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)	28	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]	26	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
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	24	Lv 1
啊	a	interjection 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 consent	23	Lv 1
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	22	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	22	Lv 1
个	gè	used in 自個兒\|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]; (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual; variant of 個\|个[ge4]	21	Lv 1

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A 15-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 13 minutes of speech at 209 syllables per minute. It's 1,853 words long, using 268 different words. Difficulty: Upper-Intermediate, Level 49 — it suits Upper-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 49 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 这个, 是.