🎬 Streettalk Ep. 3 杨 - Mandarin from the Streets

YouTube · Better in Chinese · Learner content · 2025/09/15

2025/09/15

Speech duration: 3min 1s
Unique characters · 106 once: 214
Word count: 431
Average sentence length: 7.9
Length: 6:43
Unique words · 107 once: 178
Syllables per minute: 208
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 80
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 73 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 73 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 73

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 73 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 73 sits in the Advanced 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 7

Lv 29

Lv 73

Beyond

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 63%
HSK 2 10%
HSK 3 7%
HSK 4 5%
HSK 5 2%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 12%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 85% 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 153 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 153 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.)	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]	19	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	15	Lv 1
喜欢	xǐ huān	to like; to be fond of	14	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)	13	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	13	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	12	Lv 1
什么	shén me	what?; something; anything	9	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	8	Lv 1
吗	ma	(coll.) what?; used in 嗎啡\|吗啡[ma3 fei1]; (question particle for "yes-no" questions)	7	Lv 1
呃	è	(exclamation); to hiccup	7	Lv 2
好	hǎo	good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello; to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to	7	Lv 1
工作	gōng zuò	to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個\|个[ge4],份[fen4],項\|项[xiang4]	7	Lv 3
点	diǎn	to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts	6	Lv 1
因为	yīn wèi	because; owing to; on account of	5	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-	5	Lv 2
最	zuì	(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world"); variant of 最[zui4]; old variant of 最[zui4]	5	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	5	Lv 1
比较	bǐ jiào	to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison	5	Lv 10
还是	hái shì	still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or	5	Lv 4

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A 7-minute video from Better in Chinese with 3 minutes of speech at 208 syllables per minute. It's 431 words long, using 178 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 73 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 73 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 你, 是, 的.