My husband is blind and deaf | Super Beginner

YouTube · Xiaogua Chinese · Learner content · 2026/08/04

2026/08/04

Speech duration: 5min 45s
Unique characters · 42 once: 116
Word count: 384
Average sentence length: 5.7
Length: 8:38
Unique words · 40 once: 96
Syllables per minute: 89
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 89
Difficulty Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 24 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 24 sits in the Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Intermediate · 24

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 24 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 24 sits in the 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 4

Lv 9

Lv 24

Lv 27

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 74%
HSK 2 8%
HSK 3 10%
HSK 4 1%
HSK 5 3%
HSK 6 0%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 4%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 93% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 96%, HSK 1–9 covers 96%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 77 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	44	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	20	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])	19	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.)	18	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	17	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]	13	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	11	Lv 1
看	kàn	to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for	11	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	9	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]	8	Lv 1
头发	tóu fā	hair (on the head)	8	Lv 9
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	7	Lv 1
昨天	zuó tiān	yesterday	7	Lv 8
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]	7	Lv 1
一样	yī yàng	same; like; equal to; the same as; just like	6	Lv 2
到	dào	to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough	6	Lv 1
吗	ma	(coll.) what?; used in 嗎啡\|吗啡[ma3 fei1]; (question particle for "yes-no" questions)	6	Lv 1
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result; so; the reason why	6	Lv 2
睡觉	shuì jué	to go to bed; to sleep	6	Lv 9
对	duì	right; 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; matching	5	Lv 1

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A 9-minute video from Xiaogua Chinese with 6 minutes of speech at 89 syllables per minute. It's 384 words long, using 96 different words. Difficulty: Intermediate, Level 24 — it suits Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 24 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 他.