deca joins — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 42 songs (5,561 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 72.5% — rank 77 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 72% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 84% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 卧室 | 93% | 96% | 170 | 54 |
| 一去不回来 | 91% | 94% | 123 | 48 |
| 散去的时候 | 90% | 90% | 80 | 32 |
| goslow | 89% | 96% | 28 | 16 |
| 关渡口 | 88% | 92% | 64 | 42 |
| 春天游泳 | 87% | 91% | 187 | 64 |
| 大雨 | 86% | 97% | 176 | 50 |
| 轻轻 | 85% | 94% | 330 | 128 |
| 眼睛里 | 84% | 94% | 90 | 40 |
| 失败的晚餐 | 81% | 88% | 170 | 87 |
| 梦 | 81% | 91% | 68 | 56 |
| 巫堵 | 80% | 87% | 147 | 62 |
| 巫赌 | 80% | 87% | 147 | 62 |
| 浴室 | 79% | 91% | 116 | 78 |
| 在这里停一下 | 79% | 89% | 143 | 102 |
| 坐过站 | 78% | 89% | 80 | 69 |
| 雾 | 76% | 84% | 55 | 40 |
| 暗流 | 76% | 88% | 188 | 59 |
| 乏善可陈 | 73% | 86% | 64 | 43 |
| 泥土 | 73% | 83% | 187 | 92 |
| 喜相逢 | 72% | 79% | 109 | 57 |
| 地图 | 72% | 80% | 198 | 80 |
| 路 | 72% | 81% | 104 | 76 |
| 漫长的人生 | 70% | 86% | 80 | 48 |
| 海浪 | 70% | 81% | 135 | 64 |
| 快乐 | 69% | 76% | 68 | 54 |
| 夜间独白 | 69% | 83% | 113 | 61 |
| 我和我的遐想 | 69% | 77% | 184 | 103 |
| 绝对的平衡 | 69% | 87% | 218 | 109 |
| 天堂与泥土 | 69% | 82% | 208 | 123 |
| 多完美的一天 | 69% | 81% | 140 | 59 |
| 我不用问 | 68% | 75% | 154 | 60 |
| 夏夜晚风 | 67% | 77% | 150 | 76 |
| 偏见 | 66% | 76% | 153 | 98 |
| 满月 | 66% | 83% | 117 | 69 |
| 午夜的消亡 | 66% | 71% | 35 | 32 |
| 艳红 | 64% | 77% | 84 | 51 |
| b1 | 62% | 76% | 126 | 71 |
| 黑暗之中闭上眼 | 61% | 82% | 95 | 24 |
| 沉淀 | 61% | 74% | 237 | 159 |
| 万有引力 | 60% | 71% | 98 | 69 |
| 漫漫长夜 | 45% | 58% | 142 | 37 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 关联 | 51.9× | 3 of 42 |
| 聚集 | 29.2× | 3 of 42 |
| 背面 | 24.6× | 3 of 42 |
| 抽烟 | 21.2× | 3 of 42 |
| 分辨 | 15.1× | 3 of 42 |
| 寂静 | 14.2× | 4 of 42 |
| 沮丧 | 13.3× | 4 of 42 |
| 介绍 | 12.6× | 3 of 42 |
| 起伏 | 12.3× | 3 of 42 |
| 啤酒 | 9.5× | 3 of 42 |
| 海岸 | 9.0× | 3 of 42 |
| 灯火 | 8.1× | 3 of 42 |
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.
漫漫长夜 12× 遗忘 9× 醒来 8× 格格不入 8× 瞬间 8× 尽头 8× 夜晚 7× 望 7× 熄 7× 寂静 7× 短暂 7× 分辨 6×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 45% of songs |
|---|---|
| 被 (passive) | 40% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 38% of songs |
| 把-construction | 36% of songs |
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 31% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 26% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 24% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 24% of songs |