2M2 — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 3 songs (980 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 72.5% — too few songs to rank |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 72% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 85% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 33% |
HSK 1HSK 2HSK 3HSK 4HSK 5HSK 6HSK 7-9Beyond HSK
Songs, easiest to hardest
Ranked by the share of HSK 1-3 vocabulary. Lyrics are not shown or stored — open a song to see its vocabulary breakdown, or paste the lyrics for the colour-coded view.
| Song | HSK 1-3 | Known at HSK 5 | Words | Distinct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sweet | 75% | 85% | 382 | 206 |
| 彩虹 | 72% | 85% | 247 | 146 |
| gone | 67% | 78% | 351 | 221 |
Most distinctive words
Words this artist uses far more often than the rest of the corpus does — what makes their writing recognisable, rather than simply what they say most.
| Word | vs. other artists | in their songs |
|---|---|---|
| 离开 | 9.0× | 3 of 3 |
| 不要 | 8.5× | 3 of 3 |
| 一切 | 7.6× | 3 of 3 |
| 下 | 4.3× | 3 of 3 |
| 看 | 3.2× | 3 of 3 |
| 没有 | 3.1× | 3 of 3 |
| 到 | 3.0× | 3 of 3 |
| 去 | 2.8× | 3 of 3 |
| 有 | 2.3× | 3 of 3 |
| 就 | 2.0× | 3 of 3 |
| 一 | 1.8× | 3 of 3 |
| 了 | 1.5× | 3 of 3 |
Words this artist leans on that HSK 1-6 never teaches
Most frequent vocabulary in the HSK 7-9 band or outside the lists entirely.
视线 3× 夜晚 3× 怀里 3× 怀抱 3× 丢掉 3× 不用说 2× 诺言 2× 谎话 2× 在意 2× 抵消 2× 疑 2× 肩膀 2×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 100% of songs |
|---|---|
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 67% of songs |
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 67% of songs |
| 把-construction | 67% of songs |
| A不A / A没A (yes-no question) | 67% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 67% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 67% of songs |
| 比 (comparison) | 33% of songs |