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I had an idea for my family this Chinese New Year

YouTube · BlaBla Chinese · Learner content · 2026/01/02
2026/01/02
Speech duration
14min 56s
Unique characters · 50 once
239
Word count
1,998
Average sentence length
7.2
Length
15:49
Unique words · 61 once
224
Syllables per minute
200
Script
Simplified 简
Sentences
414
Difficulty
Pre-Intermediatedifficulty

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

How difficulty works
Pre-Intermediate · 20

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

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

  • HSK 1 67%
  • HSK 2 8%
  • HSK 3 10%
  • HSK 4 4%
  • HSK 5 2%
  • HSK 6 1%
  • HSK 7–9 0%
  • Not on HSK 9%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 88% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 90%, 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 144 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 144 words.

WordPinyinMeaning (CC-CEDICT)In videoLevel
我wǒI; me; my167Lv 1
的deof; ~'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; target125Lv 1
这个zhè gè(pronoun) this; (adjective) this64Lv 1
很hěnvery; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)60Lv 1
你nǐyou (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.)50Lv 1
不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-48Lv 1
是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4]46Lv 1
所以suǒ yǐtherefore; as a result; so; the reason why40Lv 2
做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)39Lv 1
我们wǒ menwe; us; ourselves; our37Lv 1

Is this video right for my Chinese?

A 16-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 15 minutes of speech at 200 syllables per minute. It's 1,998 words long, using 224 different words. Difficulty: Pre-Intermediate, Level 20 — it suits Pre-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 20 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 这个.