China’s Kung Fu Robots: Are They Replacing Humans Already?| Chinese Podcast #190

YouTube · Dashu Mandarin · Learner content · 2026/02/27
2026/02/27
Speech duration
40min 50s
Unique characters · 250 once
867
Word count
7,823
Average sentence length
7.4
Length
44:10
Unique words · 532 once
1,147
Syllables per minute
291
Script
Simplified 简
Sentences
1,610
Difficulty
Advanceddifficulty

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 68 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 68 sits in the Advanced range.

How difficulty works
Advanced · 68

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 68 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 68 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.

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

  • HSK 1 47%
  • HSK 2 11%
  • HSK 3 9%
  • HSK 4 9%
  • HSK 5 8%
  • HSK 6 2%
  • HSK 7–9 2%
  • Not on HSK 12%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 77% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 87%, HSK 1–9 covers 88%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 747 words.

WordPinyinMeaning (CC-CEDICT)In videoLevel
的deof; ~'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; target406Lv 1
我wǒI; me; my225Lv 1
是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4]221Lv 1
你nǐyou (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.)174Lv 1
就是jiù shìexactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if150Lv 2
不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-138Lv 1
这个zhè gè(pronoun) this; (adjective) this137Lv 1
机器人jī qì rénrobot; android134Lv 20
嗯ng(a groaning sound); (nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?; interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement123Lv 2
会huìcan; 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 accounts120Lv 1

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A 44-minute video from Dashu Mandarin with 41 minutes of speech at 291 syllables per minute. It's 7,823 words long, using 1,147 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 68 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 68 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 我, 是.