Chinese Vlog: Travel in Hualien, Taiwan | Low intermediate | Comprehensible input

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2026/04/07

Speech duration: 7min 50s
Unique characters · 92 once: 293
Word count: 1,065
Average sentence length: 8.4
Length: 11:56
Unique words · 120 once: 292
Syllables per minute: 190
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 177
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 169 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 169 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 169

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 169 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 169 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 8

Lv 50

Lv 169

Beyond

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 54%
HSK 2 8%
HSK 3 11%
HSK 4 5%
HSK 5 3%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 2%
Not on HSK 16%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 78% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 83%, HSK 1–9 covers 84%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 237 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	75	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	42	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)	27	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	26	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]	25	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]	22	Lv 1
然后	rán hòu	then; after that; afterwards	22	Lv 2
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	15	Lv 1
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	13	Lv 1
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	13	Lv 1
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	12	Lv 1
它	tā	it; it (pronoun for an animal)	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
那个	nà gè	that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc); (euph.) menstruation; sex; also pr. [nei4 ge5]	11	Lv 2
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])	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	10	Lv 1
你们	nǐ men	you (plural)	10	Lv 1
叫	jiào	to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood); variant of 叫[jiao4]	10	Lv 2
呢	ne	particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation; dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)	10	Lv 2
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-	10	Lv 2

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A 12-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 8 minutes of speech at 190 syllables per minute. It's 1,065 words long, using 292 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 169 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 169 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 我, 在.