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Beginner Chinese podcast: why we can't live with our parents | Comprehensible input @xiaoguachinese

YouTube · Lazy Chinese · Learner content · 2026/06/16
2026/06/16
Speech duration
10min 28s
Unique characters · 39 once
175
Word count
1,212
Average sentence length
6.3
Length
14:02
Unique words · 40 once
161
Syllables per minute
157
Script
Simplified 简
Sentences
263
Difficulty
Intermediatedifficulty

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 29 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 29 sits in the Intermediate range.

How difficulty works
Intermediate · 29

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 29 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 29 sits in the 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.

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

  • HSK 1 71%
  • HSK 2 7%
  • HSK 3 6%
  • HSK 4 4%
  • HSK 5 1%
  • HSK 6 1%
  • HSK 7–9 1%
  • Not on HSK 9%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 88% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 90%, HSK 1–9 covers 91%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 111 words.

WordPinyinMeaning (CC-CEDICT)In videoLevel
我wǒI; me; my109Lv 1
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; target64Lv 1
不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-45Lv 1
很hěnvery; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)38Lv 1
吃chīto 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]37Lv 2
嗯ng(a groaning sound); (nonverbal grunt as interjection); OK, yeah; what?; interjection indicating approval, appreciation or agreement37Lv 2
妈妈mā māmama; mommy; mother; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]37Lv 2
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.)33Lv 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])27Lv 1
这个zhè gè(pronoun) this; (adjective) this25Lv 1

Is this video right for my Chinese?

A 14-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 10 minutes of speech at 157 syllables per minute. It's 1,212 words long, using 161 different words. Difficulty: Intermediate, Level 29 — it suits Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 29 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 我, 的, 不.