Why Chinese people rarely explain themselves | Intermediate | Comprehensible Input

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2026/02/28

Speech duration: 5min 49s
Unique characters · 43 once: 179
Word count: 884
Average sentence length: 6.8
Length: 6:47
Unique words · 47 once: 157
Syllables per minute: 216
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 186
Difficulty Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 30 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 30 sits in the Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Intermediate · 30

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 30 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 30 sits in the 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 2

Lv 7

Lv 30

Lv 37

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 62%
HSK 2 10%
HSK 3 11%
HSK 4 6%
HSK 5 1%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 8%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 89% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 92%, HSK 1–9 covers 92%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 112 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	84	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	49	Lv 1
她	tā	she	33	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	31	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]	27	Lv 1
解释	jiě shì	explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個\|个[ge4]	26	Lv 7
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	25	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	25	Lv 1
没有	méi yǒu	haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be	19	Lv 1
花	huā	flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful; flower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; old variant of 花[hua1]; variant of 花[hua1]; surname Hua	17	Lv 7
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.)	16	Lv 1
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result; so; the reason why	16	Lv 2
觉得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)	15	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]	13	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)	13	Lv 1
时候	shí hòu	time; length of time; moment; period	12	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-	11	Lv 2
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	11	Lv 1
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]	11	Lv 1
需要	xū yào	to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs	11	Lv 2

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A 7-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 6 minutes of speech at 216 syllables per minute. It's 884 words long, using 157 different words. Difficulty: Intermediate, Level 30 — it suits Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 30 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 她.