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2025/03/09

Speech duration: 11min 9s
Unique characters · 54 once: 251
Word count: 1,688
Average sentence length: 6.7
Length: 12:50
Unique words · 81 once: 256
Syllables per minute: 217
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 359
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 102 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 102 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 102

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 102 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 102 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 7

Lv 79

Lv 102

Beyond

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 50%
HSK 2 9%
HSK 3 11%
HSK 4 5%
HSK 5 5%
HSK 6 2%
HSK 7–9 1%
Not on HSK 16%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 75% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 83%, 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 172 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 172 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	120	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	73	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	73	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	61	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]	54	Lv 1
橘子	jú zi	tangerine; CL:個\|个[ge4],瓣[ban4]	50	Lv 79
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.)	41	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	41	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]	35	Lv 1
方法	fāng fǎ	method; way; technique; procedure; CL:個\|个[ge4]	35	Lv 8
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	26	Lv 1
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result; so; the reason why	23	Lv 2
用	yòng	to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore; (bound form) expense; outlay	23	Lv 2
皮	pí	leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty; CL:張\|张[zhang1]; surname Pi	23	Lv 18
然后	rán hòu	then; after that; afterwards	21	Lv 2
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)	20	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	20	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]	19	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	19	Lv 1
还有	hái yǒu	there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition	18	Lv 2

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A 13-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 11 minutes of speech at 217 syllables per minute. It's 1,688 words long, using 256 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 102 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 102 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 这个, 我, 的.