Ep01 Pepper & Carrot | BEGINNER Chinese Series | Comprehensible Input

YouTube · BlaBla Chinese · Learner content · 2024/05/14

2024/05/14

Speech duration: 22min 15s
Unique characters · 43 once: 298
Word count: 3,111
Average sentence length: 6.8
Length: 25:47
Unique words · 65 once: 302
Syllables per minute: 196
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 641
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 71 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 71 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 71

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 71 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 71 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 8

Lv 44

Lv 71

Lv 145

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 56%
HSK 2 10%
HSK 3 9%
HSK 4 4%
HSK 5 3%
HSK 6 2%
HSK 7–9 1%
Not on HSK 15%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 79% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 84%, HSK 1–9 covers 85%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 190 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	142	Lv 1
她	tā	she	119	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	108	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	99	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]	89	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	77	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	67	Lv 1
飞	fēi	to fly	67	Lv 9
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]	59	Lv 1
可以	kě yǐ	can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good	55	Lv 1
女巫	nǚ wū	witch; sorceress	55	Lv 46
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	55	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]	51	Lv 1
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	49	Lv 1
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	40	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.)	36	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	35	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])	34	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)	32	Lv 1
放	fàng	to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)	31	Lv 3

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A 26-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 22 minutes of speech at 196 syllables per minute. It's 3,111 words long, using 302 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 71 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 71 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 这个, 她, 的.