陈奕迅 (Eason Chan) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 48 songs (13,369 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 66.7% — rank 128 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 67% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 78% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 因为爱情 | 87% | 95% | 212 | 65 |
| 爱是一本书 | 86% | 94% | 300 | 108 |
| 好久不见 | 85% | 88% | 179 | 65 |
| 我们 | 80% | 89% | 193 | 84 |
| 阴天快乐 | 80% | 89% | 255 | 124 |
| 不要说话 | 79% | 87% | 264 | 88 |
| 你的背包 | 77% | 89% | 164 | 84 |
| 兄妹 | 76% | 85% | 199 | 102 |
| 心的距离 | 75% | 85% | 334 | 118 |
| 圣诞结 | 74% | 88% | 257 | 106 |
| 十年 | 73% | 89% | 188 | 96 |
| 可以了 | 73% | 83% | 244 | 104 |
| 内疚 | 73% | 81% | 225 | 105 |
| 淘汰 | 71% | 85% | 242 | 79 |
| 无条件 | 70% | 80% | 253 | 149 |
| 稳稳的幸福 | 70% | 80% | 212 | 77 |
| 明年今日 | 69% | 79% | 206 | 103 |
| 岁月如歌 | 69% | 80% | 210 | 117 |
| 不如不见 | 69% | 79% | 169 | 89 |
| 我们万岁 | 68% | 78% | 300 | 171 |
| 葡萄成熟时 | 67% | 81% | 321 | 179 |
| k歌之王 | 67% | 77% | 299 | 167 |
| 爱情转移 | 67% | 80% | 369 | 164 |
| 浮夸 | 67% | 77% | 390 | 234 |
| 陪你度过漫长岁月 | 66% | 89% | 272 | 99 |
| 最佳损友 | 64% | 75% | 365 | 183 |
| 十面埋伏 | 64% | 72% | 236 | 138 |
| 孤独患者 | 63% | 73% | 245 | 129 |
| 可一可再 | 63% | 77% | 247 | 119 |
| 孤勇者 | 63% | 73% | 361 | 142 |
| 陀飞轮 | 63% | 78% | 335 | 208 |
| 远在咫尺 | 62% | 74% | 305 | 190 |
| 富士山下 | 62% | 73% | 437 | 202 |
| 单车 | 62% | 78% | 247 | 129 |
| 无人之境 | 61% | 74% | 246 | 164 |
| 于心有愧 | 61% | 75% | 313 | 164 |
| 落花流水 | 61% | 74% | 299 | 175 |
| 粤语残片 | 60% | 72% | 293 | 187 |
| 红玫瑰 | 60% | 76% | 323 | 130 |
| 一丝不挂 | 59% | 71% | 332 | 197 |
| 沙龙 | 58% | 72% | 240 | 170 |
| shallwetalk | 57% | 71% | 291 | 171 |
| 任我行 | 57% | 68% | 451 | 273 |
| 是但求其爱 | 57% | 68% | 243 | 144 |
| 苦瓜 | 56% | 72% | 401 | 238 |
| 完 | 55% | 68% | 337 | 205 |
| 失忆蝴蝶 | 48% | 63% | 274 | 178 |
| 白玫瑰 | 48% | 62% | 291 | 111 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 只得 | 37.2× | 6 of 48 |
| 大概 | 14.5× | 5 of 48 |
| 至 | 13.6× | 8 of 48 |
| 尽量 | 13.6× | 4 of 48 |
| 亦 | 12.9× | 11 of 48 |
| 尚 | 12.2× | 5 of 48 |
| 实在 | 10.5× | 4 of 48 |
| 献 | 10.1× | 4 of 48 |
| 现 | 9.5× | 5 of 48 |
| 仍然 | 9.2× | 5 of 48 |
| 竟 | 8.5× | 6 of 48 |
| 便 | 8.5× | 8 of 48 |
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.
未 33× 世 31× 亦 27× 何 23× 情 21× 怎 18× 望 17× 不知 17× 似 17× 以 14× 何时 11× 知 10×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 81% of songs |
|---|---|
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 60% of songs |
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 58% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 48% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 40% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 31% of songs |
| 把-construction | 25% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 21% of songs |