Chinese Football — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 28 songs (3,497 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 65.4% — rank 133 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 65% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 79% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 46% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 盲人摸象 | 88% | 94% | 111 | 28 |
| 恐龙最后还是毁灭了 | 78% | 82% | 130 | 63 |
| 400米 | 77% | 94% | 90 | 25 |
| 人间失格 | 77% | 87% | 158 | 80 |
| 清醒白日梦 | 75% | 100% | 55 | 35 |
| 电动少女 | 72% | 80% | 138 | 65 |
| 家犬日记 | 72% | 80% | 118 | 68 |
| goodbye | 71% | 75% | 126 | 63 |
| 冒险岛 | 71% | 79% | 116 | 66 |
| 单向列车号 | 69% | 84% | 200 | 93 |
| 世界一分为二 | 68% | 81% | 94 | 60 |
| 不是人人都能穿十号球衣 | 66% | 75% | 97 | 53 |
| 四月物语 | 65% | 75% | 156 | 89 |
| 人生游乐场 | 65% | 78% | 286 | 167 |
| 游戏继续 | 65% | 73% | 94 | 69 |
| 漂流人间 | 65% | 75% | 186 | 66 |
| 夏日限定女朋友 | 64% | 75% | 119 | 85 |
| 世界悲 | 64% | 69% | 55 | 49 |
| 怪兽 | 63% | 77% | 118 | 83 |
| 游戏开始 | 62% | 72% | 53 | 40 |
| 植物人 | 61% | 80% | 132 | 68 |
| 幼稚 | 60% | 80% | 100 | 76 |
| 中华美食家 | 58% | 72% | 207 | 113 |
| 守门员 | 58% | 70% | 80 | 54 |
| 盒子 | 57% | 85% | 126 | 21 |
| 武汉 | 57% | 68% | 208 | 91 |
| 晴天霹雳 | 56% | 64% | 121 | 58 |
| 飞鱼转身 | 48% | 87% | 23 | 11 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 妄想 | 13.2× | 3 of 28 |
| 渺小 | 11.3× | 3 of 28 |
| 蒸 | 8.9× | 3 of 28 |
| 原地 | 8.3× | 4 of 28 |
| 春天 | 8.0× | 4 of 28 |
| 钻 | 7.5× | 3 of 28 |
| 败 | 7.0× | 3 of 28 |
| 浪费 | 6.2× | 4 of 28 |
| 幕 | 5.3× | 3 of 28 |
| 利 | 4.6× | 3 of 28 |
| 岸 | 4.2× | 3 of 28 |
| 埋 | 4.0× | 3 of 28 |
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.
渺小 11× 匆忙 9× 原地 7× 望 6× 衰老 6× 毫无 5× 备 5× 艘 5× 忽 5× 漂 4× 影 4× 坠 4×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 50% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 50% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 25% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 18% of songs |
| line-final 吗/呢/吧 (question/suggestion) | 18% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 18% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 14% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 14% of songs |