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2025/07/26

Speech duration: 10min 27s
Unique characters · 34 once: 195
Word count: 1,362
Average sentence length: 6.5
Length: 11:40
Unique words · 43 once: 175
Syllables per minute: 184
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 296
Difficulty Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 31 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 31 sits in the Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Intermediate · 31

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 31 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 31 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 3

Lv 13

Lv 31

Lv 72

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

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

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 87% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 89%, HSK 1–9 covers 90%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 117 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	101	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	75	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	70	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	62	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-	58	Lv 2
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]	37	Lv 1
历史	lì shǐ	history; CL:門\|门[men2],段[duan4]	36	Lv 13
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	28	Lv 1
书	shū	book; letter; document; to write; abbr. for 書經\|书经[Shu1 jing1]; CL:本[ben3],冊\|册[ce4],部[bu4]	28	Lv 6
啊	a	interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!; interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer; Eh?; what?; interjection of surprise or doubt; Eh?; My!; what's up?; interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you!; modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent	28	Lv 1
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result; so; the reason why	23	Lv 2
更	gèng	to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard); more; even more; further; still; still more	23	Lv 2
中国	zhōng guó	China	22	Lv 15
嗯	ng	(a groaning sound); (nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?; interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement	22	Lv 2
知道	zhī dào	to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]	22	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]	21	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
你们	nǐ men	you (plural)	19	Lv 1
时候	shí hòu	time; length of time; moment; period	19	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]	19	Lv 1

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A 12-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 10 minutes of speech at 184 syllables per minute. It's 1,362 words long, using 175 different words. Difficulty: Intermediate, Level 31 — it suits Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 31 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 很, 这个.