Capper — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 15 songs (5,167 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 70.4% — rank 100 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 70% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 82% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 73% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 还有答案 | 80% | 89% | 388 | 196 |
| 逃离俱乐部:takeuouttheclub | 80% | 88% | 322 | 131 |
| 柑橘乌云 | 79% | 88% | 498 | 283 |
| 梦幻上升:mewrageup | 78% | 84% | 533 | 182 |
| 年轻的国王们 | 75% | 81% | 412 | 210 |
| 因为 | 73% | 83% | 298 | 149 |
| 五百二十赫兹 | 71% | 82% | 342 | 211 |
| 怎样wsid | 70% | 81% | 277 | 182 |
| 手卷烟 | 70% | 82% | 234 | 105 |
| merrywannabe | 70% | 82% | 409 | 186 |
| 衔尾蛇 | 69% | 80% | 485 | 310 |
| 仲夏夜之梦:nightmaremadness | 68% | 81% | 253 | 106 |
| 万岁 | 66% | 75% | 230 | 150 |
| 钱江龙:qianjiangloong | 63% | 77% | 307 | 180 |
| 街摇gel | 58% | 77% | 179 | 112 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 戒指 | 56.9× | 3 of 15 |
| 道歉 | 54.5× | 3 of 15 |
| 肺 | 28.5× | 3 of 15 |
| 飞行 | 24.2× | 3 of 15 |
| 哥 | 20.3× | 4 of 15 |
| 赌 | 19.8× | 3 of 15 |
| 艺术 | 18.4× | 3 of 15 |
| 狼狈 | 17.5× | 3 of 15 |
| 敲 | 14.7× | 3 of 15 |
| 乌云 | 13.2× | 3 of 15 |
| 包 | 11.9× | 3 of 15 |
| 甚至 | 11.3× | 3 of 15 |
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 9× 味 8× 哥 7× 散发 6× 统 6× 情 4× 音 4× 盔 4× 亲手 4× 烈 4× 男孩 4× 妥协 4×
Grammar you will meet
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 73% of songs |
|---|---|
| 了 (aspect/change) | 67% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 67% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 60% of songs |
| 把-construction | 60% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 53% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 47% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 47% of songs |