王杰 (Dave Wang) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 45 songs (10,188 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 67.6% — rank 118 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 68% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 79% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 40% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 忘了你忘了我 | 87% | 94% | 250 | 72 |
| 我是真的爱上你 | 85% | 92% | 268 | 70 |
| 她的背影 | 84% | 89% | 280 | 74 |
| 我 | 83% | 94% | 190 | 69 |
| 一场游戏一场梦 | 81% | 91% | 257 | 71 |
| 一场游戏一场梦ii | 80% | 90% | 132 | 58 |
| 爱得太多 | 80% | 88% | 136 | 86 |
| 惦记这一些 | 80% | 85% | 196 | 64 |
| 你是你我是我 | 80% | 85% | 256 | 61 |
| 当你说要走 | 76% | 89% | 251 | 90 |
| 最后的温柔 | 74% | 84% | 216 | 51 |
| 你把我灌醉 | 74% | 85% | 216 | 89 |
| 大约在冬季 | 74% | 87% | 234 | 62 |
| 心瘾 | 72% | 79% | 305 | 102 |
| 伤心1999 | 72% | 79% | 312 | 139 |
| 可能 | 71% | 81% | 181 | 77 |
| 回家 | 70% | 86% | 233 | 132 |
| 是否我真的一无所有 | 70% | 83% | 184 | 80 |
| 原来的我 | 69% | 79% | 90 | 63 |
| 爱不起 | 69% | 82% | 271 | 93 |
| 温柔的你 | 68% | 74% | 301 | 98 |
| 封锁我一生+谁明浪子心 | 68% | 77% | 383 | 166 |
| 别再说想我 | 68% | 77% | 108 | 73 |
| 谁明浪子心 | 67% | 78% | 278 | 110 |
| 封锁我一生 | 67% | 77% | 219 | 89 |
| 为了爱梦一生 | 67% | 82% | 192 | 66 |
| 街灯 | 66% | 78% | 252 | 81 |
| 酒醉酒醒 | 66% | 81% | 253 | 96 |
| 几分伤心几分痴 | 65% | 78% | 258 | 99 |
| 红尘有你 | 65% | 77% | 232 | 75 |
| 心痛 | 65% | 79% | 183 | 79 |
| 海海人生 | 65% | 71% | 225 | 65 |
| 一无所有 | 65% | 77% | 175 | 71 |
| 英雄泪 | 64% | 76% | 216 | 83 |
| 说谎的爱人 | 64% | 73% | 266 | 108 |
| 不可能 | 63% | 79% | 252 | 139 |
| 故事的角色 | 63% | 75% | 256 | 90 |
| 不浪漫罪名 | 62% | 71% | 329 | 100 |
| 她 | 62% | 77% | 182 | 76 |
| 安妮 | 59% | 75% | 71 | 50 |
| 怒海孤鸿 | 59% | 72% | 245 | 82 |
| 说声珍重 | 58% | 81% | 106 | 63 |
| 冰冷长街 | 57% | 84% | 206 | 79 |
| 人在风雨中 | 51% | 71% | 315 | 99 |
| 多少柔情多少泪 | 48% | 74% | 227 | 43 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 大力 | 90.9× | 5 of 45 |
| 摄影 | 41.6× | 6 of 45 |
| 员 | 33.1× | 5 of 45 |
| 遇上 | 23.6× | 6 of 45 |
| 偶 | 17.1× | 4 of 45 |
| 陈 | 15.8× | 5 of 45 |
| 福 | 13.2× | 7 of 45 |
| 堂 | 10.9× | 5 of 45 |
| 偏偏 | 10.5× | 5 of 45 |
| 亦 | 8.8× | 7 of 45 |
| 仍然 | 7.9× | 4 of 45 |
| 痴 | 7.8× | 4 of 45 |
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.
情 57× 风雨 24× 亦 20× 独 19× 遇上 16× 寂寞 16× 一无所有 16× 温柔 16× 孤单 16× 望 15× 怎 14× 往事 13×
Grammar you will meet
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 44% of songs |
|---|---|
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 38% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 36% of songs |
| 了 (aspect/change) | 33% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 27% of songs |
| 把-construction | 18% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 16% of songs |
| A不A / A没A (yes-no question) | 11% of songs |