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2025/03/11

Speech duration: 5min 57s
Unique characters · 69 once: 183
Word count: 486
Average sentence length: 8.3
Length: 7:35
Unique words · 84 once: 161
Syllables per minute: 125
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 90
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 4

Lv 21

Lv 92

Lv 133

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 67%
HSK 2 8%
HSK 3 6%
HSK 4 1%
HSK 5 0%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 16%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 83% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 84%, HSK 1–9 covers 84%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 132 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	39	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	33	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	17	Lv 1
在	zài	to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)	15	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]	13	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.)	12	Lv 1
人	rén	person; people; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	10	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)	10	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]	9	Lv 1
台湾	tái wān	Taiwan; variant of 臺灣\|台湾[Tai2 wan1]	8	Lv 126
学	xué	to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology	8	Lv 7
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]	7	Lv 1
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)	6	Lv 1
学校	xué xiào	school; CL:所[suo3]	6	Lv 5
想	xiǎng	to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)	6	Lv 1
都	dōu	all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all; capital city; metropolis; surname Du	6	Lv 1
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	5	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	5	Lv 1
什么	shén me	what?; something; anything	5	Lv 1
他们	tā men	they; them	5	Lv 1

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An 8-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 6 minutes of speech at 125 syllables per minute. It's 486 words long, using 161 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, 的, 很.