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2026/03/17

Speech duration: 9min 32s
Unique characters · 102 once: 313
Word count: 1,153
Average sentence length: 7.5
Length: 13:26
Unique words · 125 once: 298
Syllables per minute: 166
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 212
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 95 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 95 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 95

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 95 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 95 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 26

Lv 95

Beyond

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 60%
HSK 2 7%
HSK 3 7%
HSK 4 7%
HSK 5 3%
HSK 6 1%
HSK 7–9 1%
Not on HSK 14%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 81% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 86%, HSK 1–9 covers 86%.

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Starting from zero (Beginner), learn 238 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 238 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
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	58	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	43	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]	37	Lv 1
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	30	Lv 1
菜	cài	(of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type; vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣\|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤\|盘[pan2])	25	Lv 18
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	24	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])	23	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]	22	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	17	Lv 1
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	16	Lv 1
这	zhè	(pronoun) this; these; (coll.) this; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)	16	Lv 1
你们	nǐ men	you (plural)	15	Lv 1
都	dōu	all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all; capital city; metropolis; surname Du	15	Lv 1
要	yào	to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) to demand; to coerce; (bound form) important	14	Lv 1
它	tā	it; it (pronoun for an animal)	13	Lv 1
干杯	gàn bēi	to drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast); Here's to you!; Bottoms up!; lit. dry cup	13	Lv 19
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)	13	Lv 1
看	kàn	to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for	13	Lv 1
叫	jiào	to shout; to call; to order; to ask; to be called; by (indicates agent in the passive mood); variant of 叫[jiao4]	12	Lv 2
来	lái	to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來\|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來\|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世\|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來\|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來\|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])	12	Lv 1

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A 13-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 10 minutes of speech at 166 syllables per minute. It's 1,153 words long, using 298 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 95 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 95 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 我, 是.