Copycatting in China @xiaoguachinese | Comprehensible input Chinese | Intermediate

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2024/12/10

Speech duration: 5min 49s
Unique characters · 82 once: 222
Word count: 601
Average sentence length: 6.6
Length: 7:56
Unique words · 86 once: 194
Syllables per minute: 144
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 127
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 4

Lv 38

Lv 55

Lv 157

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 62%
HSK 2 8%
HSK 3 9%
HSK 4 5%
HSK 5 2%
HSK 6 0%
HSK 7–9 1%
Not on HSK 13%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 85% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 87%, HSK 1–9 covers 87%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 162 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
我	wǒ	I; me; my	54	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	25	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	20	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]	20	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.)	14	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]	12	Lv 1
嗯	ng	(a groaning sound); (nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?; interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement	10	Lv 2
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	9	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]	9	Lv 2
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)	9	Lv 1
康	kāng	healthy; peaceful; abundant; surname Kang	9	Lv 46
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)	9	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	9	Lv 1
个	gè	used in 自個兒\|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]; (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual; variant of 個\|个[ge4]	7	Lv 1
方便面	fāng biàn miàn	instant noodles	7	Lv 157
一	yī	one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit	6	Lv 1
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	6	Lv 1
中国	zhōng guó	China	6	Lv 15
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	6	Lv 1
买	mǎi	to buy; to purchase	6	Lv 3

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An 8-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 6 minutes of speech at 144 syllables per minute. It's 601 words long, using 194 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 我, 的, 很.