Chainhaha — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 26 songs (4,835 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 71.5% — rank 86 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 72% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 83% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 38% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 谁在我的肚子里 | 87% | 95% | 319 | 113 |
| 小鸟 | 84% | 85% | 112 | 74 |
| 泡泡 | 83% | 89% | 204 | 88 |
| 你 | 82% | 89% | 170 | 30 |
| 就算下雨我也能够兴高采烈 | 82% | 88% | 388 | 152 |
| 真奇怪 | 81% | 88% | 268 | 166 |
| 难耐 | 78% | 85% | 55 | 35 |
| 阳光下的苔藓 | 78% | 86% | 239 | 83 |
| 鼓浪的风goodflow | 76% | 86% | 135 | 53 |
| 如此的美丽 | 74% | 86% | 174 | 69 |
| 航行 | 74% | 84% | 158 | 107 |
| 让我再睡一觉 | 72% | 83% | 246 | 89 |
| 我也想像只海燕 | 71% | 87% | 214 | 123 |
| 吃我的脑袋 | 70% | 82% | 171 | 70 |
| 猫头鹰 | 67% | 77% | 120 | 57 |
| 永恒和一日 | 66% | 80% | 131 | 69 |
| 但我祝福你 | 66% | 81% | 249 | 109 |
| 蜻蜓 | 65% | 81% | 78 | 65 |
| 噢噢噢噢 | 65% | 79% | 282 | 167 |
| 看得清又看不见 | 64% | 71% | 164 | 112 |
| 纤维 | 64% | 77% | 242 | 104 |
| 圣火 | 62% | 79% | 271 | 96 |
| 苗儿 | 59% | 67% | 49 | 43 |
| 泉水 | 58% | 70% | 74 | 51 |
| 莲子 | 50% | 71% | 58 | 50 |
| 站在观音塘前 | 47% | 66% | 264 | 123 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 脑袋 | 14.3× | 5 of 26 |
| 羊 | 13.8× | 4 of 26 |
| 涌 | 9.6× | 4 of 26 |
| 或者 | 9.4× | 4 of 26 |
| 登 | 8.7× | 3 of 26 |
| 人类 | 8.6× | 3 of 26 |
| 伸 | 8.4× | 3 of 26 |
| 天气 | 7.4× | 4 of 26 |
| 毛 | 7.3× | 3 of 26 |
| 耳朵 | 6.9× | 3 of 26 |
| 使 | 6.9× | 3 of 26 |
| 可爱 | 6.6× | 3 of 26 |
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.
感 8× 知 8× 境 8× 涌 7× 不知 6× 回归 6× 瞬间 6× 塑造 6× 纤维 6× 微 6× 魂 6× 善 6×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 58% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 54% of songs |
| line-final 吗/呢/吧 (question/suggestion) | 46% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 27% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 27% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 19% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 19% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 15% of songs |