Comprehensible input Chinese: China's happiest supermarket - Lower Intermediate Chinese Podcast

YouTube · Xiaogua Chinese · Learner content · 2026/04/07

2026/04/07

Speech duration: 9min 4s
Unique characters · 90 once: 247
Word count: 979
Average sentence length: 8.0
Length: 10:57
Unique words · 100 once: 224
Syllables per minute: 159
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 180
Difficulty Upper-Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 45 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 45 sits in the Upper-Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Upper-Intermediate · 45

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 45 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 45 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 9

Lv 28

Lv 45

Lv 127

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 61%
HSK 2 7%
HSK 3 15%
HSK 4 5%
HSK 5 3%
HSK 6 0%
HSK 7–9 1%
Not on HSK 8%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 88% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 91%, HSK 1–9 covers 92%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 175 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
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
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.)	52	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	34	Lv 1
来	lái	to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來\|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來\|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世\|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來\|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來\|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])	30	Lv 1
他们	tā men	they; them	28	Lv 1
胖	pàng	healthy; at ease; fat; plump	27	Lv 22
东	dōng	east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord; surname Dong	26	Lv 28
超市	chāo shì	supermarket (abbr. for 超級市場\|超级市场[chao1 ji2 shi4 chang3]); CL:家[jia1]	24	Lv 45
可以	kě yǐ	can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good	19	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	19	Lv 1
员工	yuán gōng	staff; personnel; employee	18	Lv 22
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)	18	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]	18	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	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]	14	Lv 1
免费	miǎn fèi	free (of charge)	14	Lv 17
如果	rú guǒ	if; in case; in the event that	14	Lv 1
东西	dōng xī	east and west; thing; stuff; person; CL:個\|个[ge4],件[jian4]	13	Lv 2
我	wǒ	I; me; my	13	Lv 1
呢	ne	particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation; dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)	12	Lv 2

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An 11-minute video from Xiaogua Chinese with 9 minutes of speech at 159 syllables per minute. It's 979 words long, using 224 different words. Difficulty: Upper-Intermediate, Level 45 — it suits Upper-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 45 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 你, 很.