guess where I am talking about | Part 1 | Super beginner

YouTube · Xiaogua Chinese · Learner content · 2026/07/14

2026/07/14

Speech duration: 11min 15s
Unique characters · 36 once: 146
Word count: 898
Average sentence length: 5.8
Length: 14:41
Unique words · 35 once: 125
Syllables per minute: 110
Script: Simplified 简
Sentences: 213
Difficulty Pre-Intermediatedifficulty Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 18 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 18 sits in the Pre-Intermediate range. How difficulty works: Pre-Intermediate · 18

Difficulty is estimated from vocabulary: knowing common words through Level 18 covers about 95% of the words in this content — roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20, the coverage research links to comfortable listening. Level 18 sits in the Pre-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 3

Lv 7

Lv 18

Lv 45

HSK 3.0 coverage

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

HSK 1 72%
HSK 2 4%
HSK 3 8%
HSK 4 4%
HSK 5 2%
HSK 6 0%
HSK 7–9 0%
Not on HSK 9%

Cumulative: HSK 1–4 covers 89% of the words, HSK 1–6 covers 91%, HSK 1–9 covers 91%.

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

The 20 most-used of these 86 words.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning (CC-CEDICT)	In video	Level
很	hěn	very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)	68	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.)	65	Lv 1
个	gè	used in 自個兒\|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]; (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual; variant of 個\|个[ge4]	37	Lv 1
地方	de fāng	region; regional (away from the central administration); local; area; place; space; room; territory; CL:處\|处[chu4],個\|个[ge4],塊\|块[kuai4]	33	Lv 2
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	33	Lv 1
东西	dōng xī	east and west; thing; stuff; person; CL:個\|个[ge4],件[jian4]	26	Lv 2
他们	tā men	they; them	25	Lv 1
这个	zhè gè	(pronoun) this; (adjective) this	25	Lv 1
不	bù	no; not so; (bound form) not; un-	21	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-	21	Lv 2
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]	21	Lv 1
人	rén	person; people; CL:個\|个[ge4],位[wei4]	20	Lv 1
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])	18	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	18	Lv 1
我	wǒ	I; me; my	16	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	16	Lv 1
一个	yī gè	a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)	14	Lv 1
猜	cāi	to guess	14	Lv 6
可以	kě yǐ	can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good	13	Lv 1
有	yǒu	to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)	13	Lv 1

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A 15-minute video from Xiaogua Chinese with 11 minutes of speech at 110 syllables per minute. It's 898 words long, using 125 different words. Difficulty: Pre-Intermediate, Level 18 — it suits Pre-Intermediate learners: knowing the common words through Level 18 covers about 95% of its words, roughly 1 unfamiliar word in 20. Words to learn first include 很, 你, 个.