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YouTube · Xiaogua Chinese · Learner content · 2026/04/21

2026/04/21

Speech duration: 10min 57s
Unique characters · 62 once: 219
Word count: 1,110
Average sentence length: 7.3
Length: 13:10
Unique words · 75 once: 200
Syllables per minute: 145
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 216
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 62 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 62 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 62

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 62 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 62 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 1

Lv 2

Lv 22

Lv 62

Lv 153

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 8%
HSK 4 1%
HSK 5 0%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 17%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 82% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 83%, HSK 1–9 covers 83%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 134 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	89	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	68	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	58	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)	38	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]	36	Lv 1
地方	de fāng	region; regional (away from the central administration); local; area; place; space; room; territory; CL:處\|处[chu4],個\|个[ge4],塊\|块[kuai4]	35	Lv 2
住	zhù	to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)	30	Lv 3
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	24	Lv 1
喜欢	xǐ huān	to like; to be fond of	21	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
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.)	18	Lv 1
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	17	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	15	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	15	Lv 1
过	guò	to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-; (experienced action marker); surname Guo	15	Lv 1
个	gè	used in 自個兒\|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]; (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual; variant of 個\|个[ge4]	14	Lv 1
然后	rán hòu	then; after that; afterwards	14	Lv 2
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	13	Lv 1
智	zhì	(literary) wise; wisdom	13	Lv 62
菲	fēi	luxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10; poor; humble; unworthy; radish (old); abbr. for the Philippines 菲律賓\|菲律宾[Fei1 lu:4 bin1]	13	Lv 125

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A 13-minute video from Xiaogua Chinese with 11 minutes of speech at 145 syllables per minute. It's 1,110 words long, using 200 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 62 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 62 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 很.