Our Real Stories: We Were Not Treated the Same as Men | intermediate

YouTube · Xiaogua Chinese · Learner content · 2026/10/20

2026/10/20

Speech duration: 23min 10s
Unique characters · 92 once: 370
Word count: 3,359
Average sentence length: 7.8
Length: 26:54
Unique words · 149 once: 393
Syllables per minute: 208
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 620
Difficulty Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 24 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 24 sits in the Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Intermediate · 24

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 24 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 24 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 11

Lv 24

Lv 60

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 65%
HSK 2 9%
HSK 3 12%
HSK 4 3%
HSK 5 1%
HSK 6 0%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 9%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 89% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 91%, HSK 1–9 covers 91%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 230 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	270	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	187	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]	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.)	104	Lv 1
他	tā	(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])	91	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	82	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	71	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	66	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]	61	Lv 1
觉得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)	59	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	49	Lv 1
跟	gēn	heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)	47	Lv 2
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	45	Lv 1
他们	tā men	they; them	45	Lv 1
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	44	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
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	41	Lv 1
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	38	Lv 1
要	yào	to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) to demand; to coerce; (bound form) important	37	Lv 1
可以	kě yǐ	can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good	34	Lv 1

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A 27-minute video from Xiaogua Chinese with 23 minutes of speech at 208 syllables per minute. It's 3,359 words long, using 393 different words. Difficulty: Intermediate, Level 24 — it suits Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 24 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 是.