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In China, how can I prove who I am (not ID card) - Chinese Comprehensible Input - Intermediate

YouTube · Xiaogua Chinese · Learner content · 2025/11/09
2025/11/09
Speech duration
25min 21s
Unique characters · 101 once
394
Word count
3,699
Average sentence length
8.1
Length
27:51
Unique words · 161 once
422
Syllables per minute
213
Script
Simplified 简
Sentences
667
Difficulty
Advanceddifficulty

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 92 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 92 sits in the Advanced range.

How difficulty works
Advanced · 92

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 92 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 92 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.

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

  • HSK 1 60%
  • HSK 2 8%
  • HSK 3 12%
  • HSK 4 4%
  • HSK 5 2%
  • HSK 6 0%
  • HSK 7–9 0%
  • Not on HSK 13%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 84% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 86%, 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 243 words to reach 95% of this video’s words.

The 20 most-used of these 243 words.

WordPinyinMeaning (CC-CEDICT)In videoLevel
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; target238Lv 1
我wǒI; me; my168Lv 1
对duìright; 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; matching116Lv 1
是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4]110Lv 1
户口hù kǒupopulation (counted as number of households for census or taxation); registered residence; residence permit; (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account109Unranked
很hěnvery; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)94Lv 1
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.)91Lv 1
有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)77Lv 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])69Lv 1
北京běi jīngBeijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1])62Lv 92

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A 28-minute video from Xiaogua Chinese with 25 minutes of speech at 213 syllables per minute. It's 3,699 words long, using 422 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 92 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 92 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 我, 对.