The Most Uncomfortable Questions We Asked Each Other Part 1 Advanced Beginner

YouTube · Xiaogua Chinese · Learner content · 2026/06/30

2026/06/30

Speech duration: 9min 32s
Unique characters · 64 once: 234
Word count: 1,179
Average sentence length: 7.2
Length: 11:25
Unique words · 89 once: 228
Syllables per minute: 173
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 231
Difficulty Upper-Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 54 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 54 sits in the Upper-Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Upper-Intermediate · 54

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 54 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 54 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 12

Lv 54

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HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 68%
HSK 2 10%
HSK 3 7%
HSK 4 3%
HSK 5 1%
HSK 6 0%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 11%

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

Words to learn first

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Starting from zero (Beginner), learn 167 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 167 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	87	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	57	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]	48	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.)	36	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	27	Lv 1
个	gè	used in 自個兒\|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]; (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual; variant of 個\|个[ge4]	23	Lv 1
觉得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)	23	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	21	Lv 1
佳	jiā	beautiful; fine; good; surname Jia	20	Lv 54
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	20	Lv 1
时候	shí hòu	time; length of time; moment; period	20	Lv 1
琪	qí	(literary) fine jade	20	Unranked
男朋友	nán péng yǒu	boyfriend	20	Lv 12
他	tā	(third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1 ri4] and 他人[ta1 ren2])	18	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	17	Lv 1
想	xiǎng	to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)	15	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	14	Lv 1
吗	ma	(coll.) what?; used in 嗎啡\|吗啡[ma3 fei1]; (question particle for "yes-no" questions)	13	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]	12	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)	12	Lv 1

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An 11-minute video from Xiaogua Chinese with 10 minutes of speech at 173 syllables per minute. It's 1,179 words long, using 228 different words. Difficulty: Upper-Intermediate, Level 54 — it suits Upper-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 54 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 是.