Working overtime every day | BEGINNER

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2026/05/16

Speech duration: 5min 58s
Unique characters · 26 once: 126
Word count: 669
Average sentence length: 7.9
Length: 6:55
Unique words · 30 once: 108
Syllables per minute: 167
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 126
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 67 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 67 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 67

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 67 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 67 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 3

Lv 13

Lv 67

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 71%
HSK 2 4%
HSK 3 7%
HSK 4 6%
HSK 5 1%
HSK 6 0%
HSK 7–9 1%
Not on HSK 10%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 88% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 89%, HSK 1–9 covers 90%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 77 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	54	Lv 1
工作	gōng zuò	to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task; CL:個\|个[ge4],份[fen4],項\|项[xiang4]	40	Lv 3
她	tā	she	38	Lv 1
加班	jiā bān	to work overtime	32	Lv 67
我	wǒ	I; me; my	31	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.)	23	Lv 1
每天	měi tiān	every day	18	Lv 8
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	15	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	15	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	14	Lv 1
朋友	péng yǒu	friend; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	14	Lv 2
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	12	Lv 1
多	duō	many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-	11	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])	10	Lv 1
点	diǎn	to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops; to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite; to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down; point; dot; spot; speck; dot stroke in Chinese characters; (math.) decimal point; point in time or space; (after a number) o'clock; a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more; classifier for small amounts	10	Lv 1
说	shuō	to persuade; to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine; variant of 說\|说[shuo1]	10	Lv 1
公司	gōng sī	company; firm; corporation; CL:家[jia1]	9	Lv 4
吗	ma	(coll.) what?; used in 嗎啡\|吗啡[ma3 fei1]; (question particle for "yes-no" questions)	9	Lv 1
天	tiān	day; sky; heaven	9	Lv 2
人	rén	person; people; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	8	Lv 1

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A 7-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 6 minutes of speech at 167 syllables per minute. It's 669 words long, using 108 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 67 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 67 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 工作, 她.