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2026/02/03

Speech duration: 16min 33s
Unique characters · 128 once: 407
Word count: 2,601
Average sentence length: 7.8
Length: 18:44
Unique words · 162 once: 402
Syllables per minute: 227
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 482
Difficulty Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 28 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 28 sits in the Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Intermediate · 28

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 28 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 28 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 3

Lv 18

Lv 28

Lv 63

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 64%
HSK 2 8%
HSK 3 9%
HSK 4 6%
HSK 5 3%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 10%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 87% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 90%, HSK 1–9 covers 90%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 270 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	216	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	147	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.)	79	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	77	Lv 1
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	62	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)	60	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]	57	Lv 1
嗯	ng	(a groaning sound); (nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?; interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement	47	Lv 2
中国	zhōng guó	China	42	Lv 15
乔	qiáo	tall; surname Qiao	40	Lv 18
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	38	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	32	Lv 1
时候	shí hòu	time; length of time; moment; period	32	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	31	Lv 1
觉得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)	31	Lv 1
东西	dōng xī	east and west; thing; stuff; person; CL:個\|个[ge4],件[jian4]	28	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]	26	Lv 1
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	24	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	23	Lv 1
那	nà	(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case); (archaic) many; beautiful; how; variant of 哪[na3]; old variant of 挪[nuo2]; surname Na; surname Nuo	23	Lv 1

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A 19-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 17 minutes of speech at 227 syllables per minute. It's 2,601 words long, using 402 different words. Difficulty: Intermediate, Level 28 — it suits Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 28 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 我, 你.