Why you should NEVER split the bill in China? | BEGINNER

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2026/04/22

Speech duration: 6min 15s
Unique characters · 31 once: 108
Word count: 653
Average sentence length: 6.0
Length: 7:50
Unique words · 33 once: 92
Syllables per minute: 141
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 147
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 92 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 92 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 92

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 92 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 92 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 10

Lv 58

Lv 92

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HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 68%
HSK 2 6%
HSK 3 7%
HSK 4 2%
HSK 5 7%
HSK 6 2%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 8%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 83% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 92%, HSK 1–9 covers 92%.

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The 20 most-used of these 60 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	83	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.)	43	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	39	Lv 1
买	mǎi	to buy; to purchase	34	Lv 3
单	dān	used in 單于\|单于[chan2 yu2]; bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number; CL:個\|个[ge4]; surname Shan	34	Lv 33
付钱	fù qián	to pay	25	Unranked
朋友	péng yǒu	friend; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	22	Lv 2
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	22	Lv 1
请客	qǐng kè	to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner	20	Lv 92
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	19	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	18	Lv 1
吃饭	chī fàn	to have a meal; to eat; to make a living	16	Lv 14
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	15	Lv 1
抢	qiǎng	(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary; to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch	11	Lv 16
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	11	Lv 1
钱	qián	coin; money; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩\|两[liang3]; CL:筆\|笔[bi3]; surname Qian	10	Lv 2
面子	miàn zi	outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face; (medicinal) powder	10	Lv 59
去	qù	to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)	9	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]	8	Lv 1
和	hé	(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others; to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards; to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]; to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs; old variant of 和[he2]; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]); surname He	8	Lv 1

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An 8-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 6 minutes of speech at 141 syllables per minute. It's 653 words long, using 92 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 92 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 92 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 你, 不.