王菲 (Faye Wong) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 47 songs (14,894 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 71.1% — rank 93 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 71% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 81% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 55% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 誓言 | 90% | 95% | 210 | 80 |
| 乘客 | 88% | 90% | 94 | 57 |
| 不留 | 88% | 92% | 317 | 62 |
| 百年孤寂 | 80% | 86% | 264 | 71 |
| 笑忘书 | 79% | 89% | 303 | 103 |
| 打错了 | 79% | 89% | 185 | 87 |
| 传奇 | 79% | 84% | 216 | 62 |
| 你我经历的一刻 | 78% | 84% | 152 | 79 |
| 矜持 | 76% | 83% | 198 | 62 |
| 闷 | 76% | 84% | 199 | 71 |
| 美错 | 76% | 84% | 219 | 107 |
| 我愿意 | 75% | 84% | 200 | 71 |
| 执迷不悔 | 75% | 84% | 339 | 84 |
| 开到荼蘼 | 74% | 84% | 309 | 103 |
| 我也不想这样 | 74% | 82% | 306 | 83 |
| 流年 | 74% | 79% | 172 | 86 |
| 你快乐所以我快乐 | 74% | 81% | 145 | 48 |
| 催眠 | 74% | 78% | 144 | 59 |
| 脸 | 74% | 80% | 140 | 79 |
| 你在终点等我 | 73% | 84% | 251 | 117 |
| 暗涌 | 72% | 85% | 326 | 106 |
| 爱与痛的边缘 | 72% | 78% | 308 | 99 |
| 旋木 | 71% | 81% | 275 | 84 |
| 给自己的情书 | 71% | 80% | 332 | 133 |
| 归途有风 | 70% | 79% | 321 | 168 |
| 红豆 | 70% | 81% | 190 | 83 |
| 天空 | 69% | 75% | 121 | 61 |
| 容易受伤的女人 | 69% | 82% | 277 | 96 |
| 尘埃 | 69% | 81% | 142 | 79 |
| 我和我的祖国 | 69% | 74% | 116 | 67 |
| 人间 | 69% | 75% | 255 | 83 |
| 怀念 | 68% | 83% | 168 | 71 |
| 如愿 | 67% | 80% | 284 | 122 |
| 匆匆那年 | 67% | 78% | 309 | 149 |
| 如风 | 66% | 81% | 140 | 91 |
| 梦中人 | 64% | 76% | 134 | 58 |
| 世界赠予我的 | 63% | 79% | 195 | 116 |
| 约定 | 63% | 70% | 230 | 116 |
| 光之翼 | 62% | 75% | 215 | 111 |
| 我爱你 | 61% | 81% | 150 | 63 |
| 主角 | 60% | 72% | 254 | 147 |
| 暧昧 | 59% | 72% | 302 | 103 |
| 致青春 | 58% | 76% | 144 | 85 |
| 偿还 | 58% | 71% | 233 | 102 |
| 但愿人长久 | 50% | 70% | 133 | 69 |
| 清风徐来 | 50% | 62% | 207 | 90 |
| 金刚经 | 44% | 53% | 4770 | 571 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 哀 | 7.6× | 4 of 47 |
| 烟火 | 5.1× | 4 of 47 |
| 眉 | 5.0× | 4 of 47 |
| 从此 | 4.5× | 5 of 47 |
| 弯 | 4.3× | 4 of 47 |
| 终 | 4.0× | 5 of 47 |
| 值得 | 4.0× | 5 of 47 |
| 聚 | 3.6× | 4 of 47 |
| 不可 | 3.6× | 6 of 47 |
| 人间 | 3.6× | 4 of 47 |
| 共 | 3.5× | 4 of 47 |
| 安慰 | 3.5× | 4 of 47 |
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.
菩 168× 须 147× 何 92× 相 79× 以 71× 故 59× 即 57× 罗 53× 世尊 53× 言 41× 情 35× 众 35×
Grammar you will meet
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 51% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 49% of songs |
| 了 (aspect/change) | 45% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 34% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 28% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 19% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 17% of songs |
| 把-construction | 15% of songs |