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Easy Chinese podcast: is China safe? @blablachinese7526 | Comprehensible Input | Beginner

YouTube · Lazy Chinese · Learner content · 2026/01/27
2026/01/27
Speech duration
15min 22s
Unique characters · 56 once
269
Word count
2,513
Average sentence length
5.9
Length
18:04
Unique words · 79 once
278
Syllables per minute
232
Script
Simplified 简
Sentences
604
Difficulty
Pre-Intermediatedifficulty

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 16 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 16 sits in the Pre-Intermediate range.

How difficulty works
Pre-Intermediate · 16

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 16 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 16 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.

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

  • HSK 1 63%
  • HSK 2 12%
  • HSK 3 12%
  • HSK 4 4%
  • HSK 5 1%
  • HSK 6 0%
  • HSK 7–9 0%
  • Not on HSK 8%

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

WordPinyinMeaning (CC-CEDICT)In videoLevel
我wǒI; me; my232Lv 1
的deof; ~'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; target139Lv 1
很hěnvery; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)100Lv 1
不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-73Lv 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])71Lv 1
是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4]68Lv 1
有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)65Lv 1
觉得jué deto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)61Lv 1
嗯ng(a groaning sound); (nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?; interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement60Lv 2
你nǐyou (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.)55Lv 1

Is this video right for my Chinese?

An 18-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 15 minutes of speech at 232 syllables per minute. It's 2,513 words long, using 278 different words. Difficulty: Pre-Intermediate, Level 16 — it suits Pre-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 16 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 很.