Are you dead?: The viral Chinese app - Chinese Comprehensible Input - Lower Intermediate

YouTube · Xiaogua Chinese · Learner content · 2026/03/10

2026/03/10

Speech duration: 5min 45s
Unique characters · 68 once: 168
Word count: 487
Average sentence length: 7.9
Length: 6:52
Unique words · 67 once: 143
Syllables per minute: 124
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 90
Difficulty Upper-Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 58 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 58 sits in the Upper-Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Upper-Intermediate · 58

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 58 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 58 sits in the Upper-Intermediate range.

TAGSLearner contentStoryTravel

Open on YouTube SOURCEYouTube

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 21

Lv 58

Lv 87

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 57%
HSK 2 8%
HSK 3 13%
HSK 4 5%
HSK 5 5%
HSK 6 0%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 12%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 83% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 88%, HSK 1–9 covers 88%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 119 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
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.)	28	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	22	Lv 1
软件	ruǎn jiàn	(computer) software	21	Lv 58
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	20	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	17	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]	15	Lv 1
死	sǐ	to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned	15	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	14	Lv 1
吗	ma	(coll.) what?; used in 嗎啡\|吗啡[ma3 fei1]; (question particle for "yes-no" questions)	13	Lv 1
人	rén	person; people; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	12	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	11	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	10	Lv 1
可能	kě néng	might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps; CL:個\|个[ge4]	10	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]	10	Lv 1
觉得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)	10	Lv 1
用	yòng	to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore; (bound form) expense; outlay	8	Lv 2
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	7	Lv 1
如果	rú guǒ	if; in case; in the event that	7	Lv 1
给	gěi	to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier); to supply; to provide	7	Lv 1
住	zhù	to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)	6	Lv 3

Is this video right for my Chinese?

A 7-minute video from Xiaogua Chinese with 6 minutes of speech at 124 syllables per minute. It's 487 words long, using 143 different words. Difficulty: Upper-Intermediate, Level 58 — it suits Upper-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 58 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 你, 这个, 软件.