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2023/09/14

Speech duration: 10min 55s
Unique characters · 50 once: 225
Word count: 1,493
Average sentence length: 8.7
Length: 13:11
Unique words · 67 once: 232
Syllables per minute: 198
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 248
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 87 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 87 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 87

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 87 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 87 sits in the Advanced 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 2

Lv 13

Lv 57

Lv 87

Beyond

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 49%
HSK 2 9%
HSK 3 11%
HSK 4 3%
HSK 5 3%
HSK 6 2%
HSK 7–9 4%
Not on HSK 19%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 72% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 78%, HSK 1–9 covers 81%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 162 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	121	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]	91	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	65	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	47	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	38	Lv 1
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	34	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	33	Lv 1
书	shū	book; letter; document; to write; abbr. for 書經\|书经[Shu1 jing1]; CL:本[ben3],冊\|册[ce4],部[bu4]	26	Lv 6
灯	dēng	lamp; light; lantern; CL:盞\|盏[zhan3]	26	Lv 18
然后	rán hòu	then; after that; afterwards	25	Lv 2
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	22	Lv 1
鞋	xié	shoe; CL:雙\|双[shuang1],隻\|只[zhi1]; variant of 鞋[xie2]	22	Lv 13
柜子	guì zi	cupboard; cabinet	20	Lv 57
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)	19	Lv 1
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-	19	Lv 2
小	xiǎo	small; tiny; few; young	19	Lv 2
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]	18	Lv 1
上	shàng	used in 上聲\|上声[shang3 sheng1]; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above; (bound form) up; upper; above; previous	17	Lv 1
抱枕	bào zhěn	bolster; a long pillow or cushion	17	Unranked
这里	zhè lǐ	here; variant of 這裡\|这里[zhe4 li3]	17	Lv 1

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A 13-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 11 minutes of speech at 198 syllables per minute. It's 1,493 words long, using 232 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 87 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 87 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 这个, 是, 的.