How to Use 怕 (pà): Natural Chinese Conversations About Fear | HSK 3 ｜Chinese podcast

YouTube · Chloe Chinese Class · Learner content · 2026/05/04

2026/05/04

Speech duration: 21min 19s
Unique characters · 153 once: 524
Word count: 3,900
Average sentence length: 8.9
Length: 22:16
Unique words · 241 once: 575
Syllables per minute: 264
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 634
Difficulty Upper-Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 46 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 46 sits in the Upper-Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Upper-Intermediate · 46

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 46 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 46 sits in the Upper-Intermediate range.

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Vocab coverage

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Lv 5

Lv 23

Lv 46

Lv 92

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 57%
HSK 2 10%
HSK 3 14%
HSK 4 6%
HSK 5 3%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 1%
Not on HSK 9%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 87% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 91%, HSK 1–9 covers 91%.

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Starting from zero (Beginner), learn 379 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 379 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	290	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	207	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.)	133	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]	127	Lv 1
怕	pà	to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps; surname Pa	81	Lv 8
然后	rán hòu	then; after that; afterwards	70	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	69	Lv 1
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]	62	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	62	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	59	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	58	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	50	Lv 1
说	shuō	to persuade; to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine; variant of 說\|说[shuo1]	46	Lv 1
但是	dàn shì	but; however	42	Lv 1
觉得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)	39	Lv 1
时候	shí hòu	time; length of time; moment; period	38	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
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	37	Lv 1
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	36	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 ...	36	Lv 1

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A 22-minute video from Chloe Chinese Class with 21 minutes of speech at 264 syllables per minute. It's 3,900 words long, using 575 different words. Difficulty: Upper-Intermediate, Level 46 — it suits Upper-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 46 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 你.