黄丽玲 (A-Lin) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 50 songs (12,224 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 75.7% — rank 38 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 76% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 87% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 62% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 幸福了然后呢 | 86% | 92% | 345 | 97 |
| 我们会更好的 | 84% | 90% | 283 | 81 |
| 给我一个理由忘记 | 84% | 94% | 250 | 101 |
| 做我自己 | 83% | 88% | 303 | 126 |
| 我还是不懂 | 83% | 87% | 272 | 87 |
| ps我爱你 | 83% | 92% | 225 | 89 |
| 我很忙 | 83% | 88% | 293 | 113 |
| 我能体谅 | 82% | 88% | 266 | 110 |
| 好朋友的祝福 | 81% | 91% | 205 | 100 |
| 爱请问怎么走 | 81% | 89% | 291 | 99 |
| 现在我很幸福 | 79% | 86% | 332 | 107 |
| 现在我很幸褔 | 79% | 86% | 332 | 107 |
| 难得 | 79% | 90% | 170 | 100 |
| 今晚你想念的人是不是我 | 79% | 90% | 239 | 103 |
| 以前以后 | 78% | 89% | 237 | 92 |
| 以前，以后 | 78% | 89% | 237 | 92 |
| 罪恶感 | 78% | 87% | 189 | 110 |
| 抱紧一点 | 78% | 86% | 161 | 60 |
| 幸福太短 | 78% | 86% | 184 | 99 |
| 大大的拥抱 | 77% | 90% | 307 | 108 |
| 寂寞不痛 | 77% | 89% | 303 | 99 |
| 爱 | 77% | 87% | 181 | 77 |
| 围城 | 76% | 88% | 284 | 131 |
| 拒绝再玩 | 76% | 87% | 180 | 63 |
| 一个人 | 76% | 88% | 301 | 120 |
| 拿走了什么 | 75% | 85% | 219 | 112 |
| 温柔累了 | 75% | 83% | 232 | 109 |
| 分手需要练习的 | 74% | 85% | 288 | 103 |
| 难得孤寂 | 74% | 86% | 230 | 109 |
| 位置 | 74% | 89% | 259 | 91 |
| 不是不满足 | 72% | 80% | 298 | 117 |
| 逃避没有不好 | 72% | 78% | 218 | 71 |
| 我都记得 | 72% | 83% | 250 | 131 |
| purplerain | 72% | 84% | 266 | 91 |
| 离开的时候 | 72% | 87% | 122 | 84 |
| 换季 | 72% | 87% | 259 | 117 |
| 忘记拥抱 | 72% | 87% | 251 | 82 |
| 四季 | 71% | 84% | 261 | 117 |
| 荒唐 | 71% | 84% | 174 | 111 |
| 等你 | 70% | 83% | 244 | 100 |
| 有一种悲伤 | 68% | 83% | 136 | 77 |
| 挚友 | 68% | 80% | 296 | 154 |
| 一瞬之光 | 65% | 78% | 278 | 97 |
| lin极限 | 65% | 80% | 223 | 122 |
| 失恋无罪 | 64% | 81% | 237 | 66 |
| 绕路 | 64% | 75% | 307 | 132 |
| 无人知晓的我 | 61% | 78% | 188 | 89 |
| 幸福在歌唱 | 58% | 75% | 211 | 101 |
| 某种可能 | 55% | 74% | 179 | 110 |
| 天若有情 | 49% | 65% | 228 | 89 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 义无反顾 | 21.8× | 4 of 50 |
| 假如 | 13.4× | 4 of 50 |
| 安全 | 6.4× | 4 of 50 |
| 反而 | 6.3× | 4 of 50 |
| 幸福 | 5.3× | 22 of 50 |
| 承诺 | 4.8× | 8 of 50 |
| 肩膀 | 4.6× | 4 of 50 |
| 心事 | 4.6× | 4 of 50 |
| 忙 | 4.3× | 4 of 50 |
| 有些 | 4.1× | 10 of 50 |
| 舍不得 | 4.0× | 4 of 50 |
| 难道 | 3.8× | 6 of 50 |
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.
寂寞 35× 温柔 18× 相 14× 望 12× 逃避 12× 身 11× 遗忘 11× 义无反顾 11× 体谅 11× 无情 10× 思念 10× 呐喊 10×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 80% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 58% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 48% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 44% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 36% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 36% of songs |
| 把-construction | 34% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 32% of songs |