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Does China have slums? | Low intermediate Chinese | Comprehensible input

YouTube · Lazy Chinese · Learner content · 2026/06/09
2026/06/09
Speech duration
6min 37s
Unique characters · 75 once
222
Word count
865
Average sentence length
8.5
Length
8:39
Unique words · 95 once
201
Syllables per minute
200
Script
Simplified 简
Sentences
155
Difficulty
Advanceddifficulty

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 89 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 89 sits in the Advanced range.

How difficulty works
Advanced · 89

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 89 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 89 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 61%
  • HSK 2 7%
  • HSK 3 9%
  • HSK 4 6%
  • HSK 5 2%
  • HSK 6 0%
  • HSK 7–9 0%
  • Not on HSK 14%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 83% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 86%, HSK 1–9 covers 86%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 156 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; target61Lv 1
有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)32Lv 1
很hěnvery; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)30Lv 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]27Lv 1
贫民窟pín mín kūslum housing24Lv 97
多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-22Lv 2
我wǒI; me; my21Lv 1
没有méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be19Lv 1
不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-18Lv 1
呢neparticle 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)18Lv 2

Is this video right for my Chinese?

A 9-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 7 minutes of speech at 200 syllables per minute. It's 865 words long, using 201 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 89 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 89 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 有, 很.