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2025/07/08

Speech duration: 7min 27s
Unique characters · 53 once: 212
Word count: 967
Average sentence length: 9.1
Length: 9:37
Unique words · 66 once: 198
Syllables per minute: 185
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 152
Difficulty Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 35 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 35 sits in the Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Intermediate · 35

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 35 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 35 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.

Lv 1

Lv 8

Lv 31

Lv 35

Lv 194

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 57%
HSK 2 12%
HSK 3 11%
HSK 4 3%
HSK 5 6%
HSK 6 6%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 5%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 83% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 95%, HSK 1–9 covers 95%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 150 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	95	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.)	59	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]	47	Lv 1
舌头	shé tóu	tongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information; CL:個\|个[ge4]	37	Lv 34
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	34	Lv 1
我们	wǒ men	we; us; ourselves; our	23	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	22	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	20	Lv 1
颜色	yán sè	color; countenance; appearance; facial expression; pigment; dyestuff	17	Lv 20
或是	huò shì	or; either one or the other	16	Lv 16
好	hǎo	good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello; to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to	15	Lv 1
哦	ó	to chant; oh (interjection indicating doubt or surprise); oh (interjection indicating that one has just learned sth); sentence-final particle that conveys informality, warmth, friendliness or intimacy; may also indicate that one is stating a fact that the other person is not aware of	14	Lv 1
如果	rú guǒ	if; in case; in the event that	14	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	12	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	12	Lv 1
身体	shēn tǐ	the body; one's health	12	Lv 8
呢	ne	particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmation; dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)	11	Lv 2
中医	zhōng yī	traditional Chinese medical science; a doctor trained in Chinese medicine	10	Lv 194
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]	10	Lv 1
容易	róng yì	easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to	10	Lv 9

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A 10-minute video from Lazy Chinese with 7 minutes of speech at 185 syllables per minute. It's 967 words long, using 198 different words. Difficulty: Intermediate, Level 35 — it suits Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 35 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 的, 你, 是.