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2026/04/23

Speech duration: 20min 41s
Unique characters · 160 once: 531
Word count: 3,978
Average sentence length: 9.5
Length: 21:40
Unique words · 250 once: 590
Syllables per minute: 284
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 620
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 73 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 73 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 73

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 73 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 73 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 6

Lv 29

Lv 73

Lv 229

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 55%
HSK 2 12%
HSK 3 13%
HSK 4 6%
HSK 5 2%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 1%
Not on HSK 11%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 85% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 88%, HSK 1–9 covers 89%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 380 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
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	209	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	178	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]	121	Lv 1
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	83	Lv 1
然后	rán hòu	then; after that; afterwards	82	Lv 2
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	77	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	75	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)	71	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]	70	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	68	Lv 1
就是	jiù shì	exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if	62	Lv 2
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)	57	Lv 2
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	49	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.)	49	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-	47	Lv 2
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	44	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	42	Lv 1
因为	yīn wèi	because; owing to; on account of	41	Lv 1
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result; so; the reason why	41	Lv 2
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	39	Lv 1

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A 22-minute video from Chloe Chinese Class with 21 minutes of speech at 284 syllables per minute. It's 3,978 words long, using 590 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 73 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 73 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 我, 是.