My husband lost weight but I am angry - Chinese Comprehensible Input - Lower Intermediate

YouTube · Xiaogua Chinese · Learner content · 2026/01/05

2026/01/05

Speech duration: 6min 18s
Unique characters · 59 once: 178
Word count: 635
Average sentence length: 6.7
Length: 8:32
Unique words · 67 once: 159
Syllables per minute: 140
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 131
Difficulty Upper-Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 49 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 49 sits in the Upper-Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Upper-Intermediate · 49

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 49 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 49 sits in the Upper-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 4

Lv 21

Lv 49

Lv 73

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 69%
HSK 2 9%
HSK 3 9%
HSK 4 3%
HSK 5 3%
HSK 6 0%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 6%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 90% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 93%, HSK 1–9 covers 94%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 127 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	60	Lv 1
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])	42	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.)	25	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	21	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]	19	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	17	Lv 1
吃	chī	to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc); variant of 吃[chi1]	16	Lv 2
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	15	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]	14	Lv 1
减肥	jiǎn féi	to lose weight	12	Lv 49
现在	xiàn zài	now; at present; currently	10	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	10	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	10	Lv 1
吗	ma	(coll.) what?; used in 嗎啡\|吗啡[ma3 fei1]; (question particle for "yes-no" questions)	9	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	9	Lv 1
所以	suǒ yǐ	therefore; as a result; so; the reason why	9	Lv 2
着	zhe	a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add; to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in; aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state; to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply	8	Lv 1
觉得	jué de	to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)	8	Lv 1
人	rén	person; people; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	7	Lv 1
公斤	gōng jīn	kilogram (kg)	7	Lv 73

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A 9-minute video from Xiaogua Chinese with 6 minutes of speech at 140 syllables per minute. It's 635 words long, using 159 different words. Difficulty: Upper-Intermediate, Level 49 — it suits Upper-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 49 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 他, 你.