Chinese People are RUDE… But the Last 40 Years Explain Everything | Lower intermediate

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2026/08/08

Speech duration: 12min 31s
Unique characters · 63 once: 231
Word count: 1,247
Average sentence length: 7.1
Length: 14:27
Unique words · 75 once: 219
Syllables per minute: 145
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 256
Difficulty Upper-Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 47 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 47 sits in the Upper-Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Upper-Intermediate · 47

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 47 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 47 sits in the Upper-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 15

Lv 47

Beyond

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 69%
HSK 2 9%
HSK 3 8%
HSK 4 3%
HSK 5 1%
HSK 6 0%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 10%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 90% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 90%, 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 155 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 155 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	86	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.)	67	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	54	Lv 1
人	rén	person; people; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	47	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
中国	zhōng guó	China	38	Lv 15
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)	31	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	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]	26	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	22	Lv 1
现在	xiàn zài	now; at present; currently	18	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	18	Lv 1
他们	tā men	they; them	17	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	17	Lv 1
吃饭	chī fàn	to have a meal; to eat; to make a living	17	Lv 14
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	16	Lv 1
东西	dōng xī	east and west; thing; stuff; person; CL:個\|个[ge4],件[jian4]	16	Lv 2
农村	nóng cūn	rural area; village; CL:個\|个[ge4]	16	Lv 132
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]	15	Lv 1
那	nà	(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case); (archaic) many; beautiful; how; variant of 哪[na3]; old variant of 挪[nuo2]; surname Na; surname Nuo	15	Lv 1

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A 14-minute video from Xiaogua Chinese with 13 minutes of speech at 145 syllables per minute. It's 1,247 words long, using 219 different words. Difficulty: Upper-Intermediate, Level 47 — it suits Upper-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 47 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 很, 你, 的.