Ep01_Story2 The Legend of Chinese New Year | 100 Chinese Stories Series | Comprehensible Input

YouTube · BlaBla Chinese · Learner content · 2023/07/11

2023/07/11

Speech duration: 23min 0s
Unique characters · 33 once: 238
Word count: 2,462
Average sentence length: 7.2
Length: 25:54
Unique words · 52 once: 246
Syllables per minute: 152
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 485
Difficulty Advanceddifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 121 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 121 sits in the Advanced range. How difficulty works: Advanced · 121

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 121 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 121 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 2

Lv 4

Lv 31

Lv 121

Beyond

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 58%
HSK 2 17%
HSK 3 8%
HSK 4 1%
HSK 5 2%
HSK 6 0%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 14%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 84% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 85%, HSK 1–9 covers 86%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 158 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
跑	pǎo	(of an animal) to paw (the ground); to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; off	99	Lv 4
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]	95	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	95	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	87	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	84	Lv 1
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	78	Lv 1
年	nián	year; grain; harvest (old); CL:個\|个[ge4]; variant of 年[nian2]; surname Nian	67	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)	54	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	50	Lv 1
动物	dòng wù	animal; CL:隻\|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個\|个[ge4]	45	Lv 12
它	tā	it; it (pronoun for an animal)	42	Lv 1
走	zǒu	to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)	42	Lv 2
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])	37	Lv 1
月	yuè	moon; month; monthly; CL:個\|个[ge4],輪\|轮[lun2]	37	Lv 4
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-	36	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])	35	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]	34	Lv 1
老爷爷	lǎo yé yé	(coll.) father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather	34	Unranked
快	kuài	rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant	31	Lv 2
村子	cūn zi	village	31	Lv 44

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A 26-minute video from BlaBla Chinese with 23 minutes of speech at 152 syllables per minute. It's 2,462 words long, using 246 different words. Difficulty: Advanced, Level 121 — it suits Advanced learners: knowing the common words through Level 121 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 跑, 是, 这个.