锦瑟 (Jin Se) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 21 songs (3,487 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 60.0% — rank 147 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 60% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 76% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 43% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 昨日青空 | 78% | 90% | 305 | 123 |
| 后来 | 77% | 84% | 133 | 95 |
| 萱草花 | 76% | 85% | 74 | 55 |
| 环游星空 | 75% | 82% | 218 | 48 |
| 日不落 | 73% | 84% | 207 | 47 |
| 万有引力 | 72% | 81% | 72 | 56 |
| 三寸天堂 | 68% | 79% | 202 | 73 |
| 冬眠 | 64% | 76% | 207 | 122 |
| 圈住你 | 64% | 76% | 118 | 39 |
| 朝汐 | 62% | 76% | 206 | 133 |
| 杏花弦外雨 | 60% | 71% | 35 | 34 |
| 一笑倾城 | 60% | 81% | 62 | 55 |
| 空山新雨后 | 59% | 71% | 248 | 107 |
| 孽海记 | 58% | 70% | 106 | 96 |
| everyheart | 56% | 74% | 27 | 27 |
| 人间不值得 | 54% | 69% | 389 | 244 |
| 天涯共此时 | 51% | 66% | 155 | 135 |
| 惊蛰 | 50% | 62% | 236 | 107 |
| 清愁怨 | 48% | 67% | 338 | 102 |
| 疏影薄 | 42% | 61% | 59 | 55 |
| 化鹤归 | 42% | 59% | 90 | 80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 薄 | 17.1× | 4 of 21 |
| 路过 | 11.1× | 3 of 21 |
| 摘 | 11.1× | 3 of 21 |
| 剑 | 10.2× | 3 of 21 |
| 叶 | 8.7× | 3 of 21 |
| 余 | 8.1× | 4 of 21 |
| 忧 | 8.0× | 3 of 21 |
| 夕阳 | 7.4× | 3 of 21 |
| 笔 | 6.8× | 4 of 21 |
| 秋 | 6.5× | 3 of 21 |
| 人间 | 6.0× | 3 of 21 |
| 暖 | 5.7× | 3 of 21 |
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.
星 12× 秋 11× 未 11× 眠 9× 温柔 8× 寒 7× 弦 7× 忧 6× 沾 6× 余 5× 身 5× 惊 5×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 48% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 48% of songs |
| 把-construction | 38% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 33% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 29% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 19% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 14% of songs |
| A不A / A没A (yes-no question) | 14% of songs |