198.4 Questions Every Chinese Learner Asks | Comprehensible Input(B)

YouTube · Story Learning Chinese with Annie · Learner content · 2026/08/14
2026/08/14
Speech duration
28min 27s
Unique characters · 176 once
568
Word count
5,022
Average sentence length
9.6
Length
28:59
Unique words · 276 once
627
Syllables per minute
259
Script
Simplified 简
Sentences
766
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.

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

  • HSK 1 54%
  • HSK 2 9%
  • HSK 3 10%
  • HSK 4 10%
  • HSK 5 4%
  • HSK 6 1%
  • HSK 7–9 1%
  • Not on HSK 11%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 83% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 88%, HSK 1–9 covers 89%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 376 words.

WordPinyinMeaning (CC-CEDICT)In videoLevel
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; target509Lv 1
这个zhè gè(pronoun) this; (adjective) this183Lv 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.)178Lv 1
我wǒI; me; my163Lv 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]128Lv 1
就是jiù shìexactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if111Lv 2
我们wǒ menwe; us; ourselves; our90Lv 1
一个yī gèa; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)88Lv 1
去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)79Lv 1
对duìright; 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; matching76Lv 1

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A 29-minute video from Story Learning Chinese with Annie with 28 minutes of speech at 259 syllables per minute. It's 5,022 words long, using 627 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 的, 这个, 你.