周士爵 (Zhou Shijue) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 21 songs (10,017 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 72.2% — rank 81 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 72% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 82% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 90% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 掏出来 | 80% | 84% | 577 | 232 |
| 好时光回响 | 79% | 87% | 293 | 165 |
| 永远都在 | 79% | 87% | 522 | 137 |
| 幸福来的这么自然 | 76% | 84% | 546 | 300 |
| 我的内在 | 76% | 85% | 446 | 177 |
| 到黑暗里去 | 75% | 82% | 485 | 202 |
| 救救孩子 | 74% | 86% | 521 | 236 |
| 一日长一智 | 74% | 83% | 488 | 246 |
| 我的梦中亲人 | 74% | 82% | 369 | 206 |
| 你说了算 | 73% | 85% | 543 | 278 |
| 训练日 | 72% | 81% | 338 | 216 |
| 植根于爱 | 72% | 80% | 411 | 187 |
| 即兴炸药 | 72% | 82% | 563 | 272 |
| 生命美好 | 72% | 84% | 570 | 290 |
| 我的芯 | 71% | 79% | 613 | 280 |
| 富一辈子 | 71% | 80% | 539 | 219 |
| 雾霾 | 70% | 80% | 583 | 291 |
| 母语 | 70% | 77% | 595 | 305 |
| 44bars | 70% | 81% | 430 | 253 |
| 前言搭上后语 | 68% | 82% | 428 | 202 |
| 缪斯 | 50% | 59% | 157 | 120 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 尹 | 249.3× | 8 of 21 |
| 上空 | 93.5× | 3 of 21 |
| 玩儿 | 89.0× | 4 of 21 |
| 爵士 | 89.0× | 4 of 21 |
| 检查 | 85.0× | 3 of 21 |
| 诗歌 | 71.9× | 3 of 21 |
| 否则 | 66.8× | 3 of 21 |
| 思维 | 58.4× | 3 of 21 |
| 鹿 | 51.9× | 8 of 21 |
| 集体 | 51.9× | 3 of 21 |
| 燥 | 51.9× | 3 of 21 |
| 保佑 | 51.9× | 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.
儿 36× 之 14× 芯 14× 意 11× 雾 11× 情 11× 霾 10× 家伙 10× 眷 9× 天使 8× 抽象 8× 说谎 8×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 95% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 86% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 71% of songs |
| 把-construction | 67% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 57% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 48% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 48% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 33% of songs |