Chinese book review：14 true stories about 14 Chinese women | Intermediate | Comprehensible input

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2026/04/21

Speech duration: 28min 39s
Unique characters · 121 once: 455
Word count: 4,857
Average sentence length: 7.3
Length: 31:46
Unique words · 181 once: 489
Syllables per minute: 245
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 956
Difficulty Pre-Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 18 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 18 sits in the Pre-Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Pre-Intermediate · 18

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 18 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 18 sits in the Pre-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 7

Lv 18

Lv 51

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 59%
HSK 2 9%
HSK 3 14%
HSK 4 6%
HSK 5 2%
HSK 6 0%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 9%

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

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

The 20 most-used of these 278 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	312	Lv 1
她	tā	she	256	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	162	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]	158	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])	122	Lv 1
嗯	ng	(a groaning sound); (nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?; interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement	114	Lv 2
然后	rán hòu	then; after that; afterwards	113	Lv 2
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	109	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)	106	Lv 2
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	96	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]	90	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	76	Lv 1
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	73	Lv 1
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	68	Lv 1
就是	jiù shì	exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if	68	Lv 2
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result; so; the reason why	63	Lv 2
女人	nǚ rén	woman; wife	56	Lv 3
因为	yīn wèi	because; owing to; on account of	55	Lv 1
故事	gù shì	old practice; narrative; story; tale	54	Lv 6
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]	53	Lv 1

Is this video right for my Chinese?

A 32-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 29 minutes of speech at 245 syllables per minute. It's 4,857 words long, using 489 different words. Difficulty: Pre-Intermediate, Level 18 — it suits Pre-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 18 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 她, 这个.