How to say “thank you” with your fingers in China?

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2025/12/28

Speech duration: 14min 20s
Unique characters · 49 once: 249
Word count: 1,901
Average sentence length: 6.8
Length: 15:24
Unique words · 66 once: 235
Syllables per minute: 195
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 413
Difficulty Upper-Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 50 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 50 sits in the Upper-Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Upper-Intermediate · 50

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 50 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 50 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.

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Lv 4

Lv 24

Lv 50

Lv 75

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 12%
HSK 4 5%
HSK 5 3%
HSK 6 3%
HSK 7–9 1%
Not on HSK 12%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 82% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 87%, HSK 1–9 covers 88%.

Words to learn first

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Starting from zero (Beginner), learn 149 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 149 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	104	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	77	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]	63	Lv 1
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])	56	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.)	46	Lv 1
说	shuō	to persuade; to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine; variant of 說\|说[shuo1]	46	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	45	Lv 1
谢谢	xiè xiè	to thank; thanks; thank you	43	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	42	Lv 1
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result; so; the reason why	40	Lv 2
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)	39	Lv 1
茶	chá	tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1],壺\|壶[hu2]	32	Lv 21
人	rén	person; people; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	30	Lv 1
皇帝	huáng dì	emperor; CL:個\|个[ge4]	29	Lv 68
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-	27	Lv 2
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	25	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)	25	Lv 2
和	hé	(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others; to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards; to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]; to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs; old variant of 和[he2]; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]); surname He	25	Lv 1
故事	gù shì	old practice; narrative; story; tale	25	Lv 6
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	25	Lv 1

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A 15-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 14 minutes of speech at 195 syllables per minute. It's 1,901 words long, using 235 different words. Difficulty: Upper-Intermediate, Level 50 — it suits Upper-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 50 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 这个, 是.