🎬 Streettalk Ep. 5 - Mandarin from the Streets

YouTube · Better in Chinese · Learner content · 2026/01/22

2026/01/22

Speech duration: 3min 1s
Unique characters · 76 once: 195
Word count: 431
Average sentence length: 7.8
Length: 6:40
Unique words · 80 once: 160
Syllables per minute: 205
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 79
Difficulty Upper-Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 55 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 55 sits in the Upper-Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Upper-Intermediate · 55

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 55 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 55 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 8

Lv 29

Lv 55

Lv 194

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 61%
HSK 2 9%
HSK 3 10%
HSK 4 3%
HSK 5 2%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 15%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 82% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 85%, 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 133 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 133 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
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.)	28	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	26	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	19	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]	19	Lv 1
呃	è	(exclamation); to hiccup	11	Lv 2
喜欢	xǐ huān	to like; to be fond of	11	Lv 1
比较	bǐ jiào	to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison	11	Lv 10
那	nà	(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case); (archaic) many; beautiful; how; variant of 哪[na3]; old variant of 挪[nuo2]; surname Na; surname Nuo	11	Lv 1
会	huì	can; 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 accounts	10	Lv 1
最	zuì	(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world"); variant of 最[zui4]; old variant of 最[zui4]	10	Lv 1
吗	ma	(coll.) what?; used in 嗎啡\|吗啡[ma3 fei1]; (question particle for "yes-no" questions)	9	Lv 1
什么	shén me	what?; something; anything	7	Lv 1
去	qù	to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)	7	Lv 1
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	6	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	6	Lv 1
国家	guó jiā	country; nation; state; CL:個\|个[ge4]	5	Lv 7
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)	5	Lv 1
想	xiǎng	to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)	4	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	4	Lv 1
每天	měi tiān	every day	4	Lv 8

Is this video right for my Chinese?

A 7-minute video from Better in Chinese with 3 minutes of speech at 205 syllables per minute. It's 431 words long, using 160 different words. Difficulty: Upper-Intermediate, Level 55 — it suits Upper-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 55 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 你, 的, 我.