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2024/12/31

Speech duration: 4min 7s
Unique characters · 76 once: 162
Word count: 354
Average sentence length: 9.0
Length: 6:39
Unique words · 74 once: 140
Syllables per minute: 122
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 56
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 180 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 180 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 180

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 180 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 180 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 15

Lv 89

Lv 180

Beyond

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 53%
HSK 2 12%
HSK 3 13%
HSK 4 2%
HSK 5 5%
HSK 6 2%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 12%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 81% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 87%, HSK 1–9 covers 88%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 122 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	30	Lv 1
花	huā	flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful; flower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]; CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]; old variant of 花[hua1]; variant of 花[hua1]; surname Hua	14	Lv 7
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.)	11	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	11	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]	10	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	7	Lv 1
天气	tiān qì	weather	7	Lv 21
紫	zǐ	purple; violet	7	Lv 89
茉莉	mò lì	jasmine	7	Unranked
风雨	fēng yǔ	wind and rain; the elements; (fig.) trials and hardships	7	Lv 163
一	yī	one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit	6	Lv 1
下雨	xià yǔ	to rain	6	Lv 66
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]	6	Lv 1
要	yào	to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) to demand; to coerce; (bound form) important	6	Lv 1
也	yě	also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]; surname Ye	5	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)	5	Lv 1
开花	kāi huā	to bloom; to blossom; to flower; (fig.) to burst; to split open; (fig.) to burst with joy; (fig.) to spring up everywhere; to flourish	5	Lv 139
时候	shí hòu	time; length of time; moment; period	5	Lv 1
看到	kàn dào	to see	5	Lv 2
这种	zhè zhǒng	this kind of	5	Lv 3

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A 7-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 4 minutes of speech at 122 syllables per minute. It's 354 words long, using 140 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 180 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 180 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 花, 你.