DO WE SUFFER FOR A BIG REASON @xiaoguachinese | Advanced Chinese | Comprehensible input

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2025/04/01

Speech duration: 21min 24s
Unique characters · 138 once: 467
Word count: 3,963
Average sentence length: 8.7
Length: 24:10
Unique words · 210 once: 496
Syllables per minute: 267
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 657
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 2

Lv 12

Lv 24

Lv 52

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 9%
HSK 4 11%
HSK 5 5%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 7%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 87% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 93%, HSK 1–9 covers 93%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 296 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	293	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	223	Lv 1
嗯	ng	(a groaning sound); (nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?; interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement	166	Lv 2
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	120	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]	118	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.)	98	Lv 1
就是	jiù shì	exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if	97	Lv 2
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	91	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	76	Lv 1
觉得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)	74	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	73	Lv 1
痛苦	tòng kǔ	pain; suffering; painful; CL:個\|个[ge4]	72	Lv 12
没有	méi yǒu	haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be	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])	59	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	44	Lv 1
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)	43	Lv 1
会	huì	can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]); (bound form) to reckon accounts	40	Lv 1
想	xiǎng	to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)	40	Lv 1
就	jiù	(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著\|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...	39	Lv 1
人	rén	person; people; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	38	Lv 1

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A 24-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 21 minutes of speech at 267 syllables per minute. It's 3,963 words long, using 496 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, 嗯.