The Chinese Word That Doesn't Quite Translate: 舍得 vs 舍不得 | HSK5（ Chinese with Pinyin）

YouTube · Chloe Chinese Class · Learner content · 2026/09/14

2026/09/14

Speech duration: 17min 30s
Unique characters · 137 once: 472
Word count: 3,196
Average sentence length: 8.1
Length: 18:13
Unique words · 219 once: 500
Syllables per minute: 258
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 561
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 106 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 106 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 106

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 106 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 106 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.

Lv 1

Lv 5

Lv 33

Lv 106

Lv 121

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 9%
HSK 4 5%
HSK 5 6%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 1%
Not on HSK 8%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 84% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 91%, HSK 1–9 covers 92%.

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The 20 most-used of these 340 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	212	Lv 1
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	186	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]	112	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	108	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.)	85	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	77	Lv 1
舍不得	shě bù de	to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge	65	Lv 106
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	58	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]	58	Lv 1
舍得	shě de	to be willing to part with sth	54	Lv 121
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	45	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	44	Lv 1
但是	dàn shì	but; however	43	Lv 1
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	36	Lv 1
吗	ma	(coll.) what?; used in 嗎啡\|吗啡[ma3 fei1]; (question particle for "yes-no" questions)	35	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	33	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	33	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-	32	Lv 2
觉得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)	32	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	29	Lv 1

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An 18-minute video from Chloe Chinese Class with 18 minutes of speech at 258 syllables per minute. It's 3,196 words long, using 500 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 106 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 106 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 是.