街娃 (GaiWaEr) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 30 songs (4,773 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 72.7% — rank 73 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 73% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 84% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 47% |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 老脸俱乐部的星期天 | 87% | 94% | 235 | 66 |
| 另一种声音 | 87% | 92% | 39 | 28 |
| 04老脸俱乐部的星期天 | 87% | 94% | 235 | 66 |
| 那一年夏末我去了阳光之城 | 82% | 86% | 191 | 81 |
| 3吃早饭 | 81% | 89% | 105 | 32 |
| 03一瓶接一杯 | 79% | 83% | 234 | 92 |
| 这件事很奇怪 | 79% | 84% | 200 | 82 |
| 5睡午觉 | 79% | 80% | 71 | 35 |
| 07梦境中的夏天 | 77% | 82% | 205 | 69 |
| 2起床 | 76% | 82% | 67 | 35 |
| 08没有意义 | 75% | 84% | 276 | 77 |
| 05是最好的回答 | 74% | 84% | 414 | 158 |
| 贪婪陷阱 | 74% | 83% | 281 | 85 |
| 8负能量快滚 | 73% | 89% | 90 | 19 |
| 硬心不止 | 73% | 81% | 139 | 88 |
| 白日梦 | 73% | 85% | 135 | 89 |
| 6抱抱 | 72% | 95% | 65 | 34 |
| 为什么我写不出快乐的歌 | 72% | 81% | 151 | 85 |
| 生不由己 | 72% | 84% | 79 | 59 |
| 06大城市的小老鼠 | 72% | 84% | 219 | 106 |
| 4出去耍 | 71% | 86% | 49 | 27 |
| ihatetequila | 71% | 77% | 142 | 57 |
| 02我恨龙舌兰 | 70% | 76% | 134 | 53 |
| 活该 | 70% | 83% | 89 | 68 |
| 趁一切还来得及 | 69% | 78% | 289 | 135 |
| 宣言 | 69% | 81% | 216 | 102 |
| youthofgeneration | 68% | 88% | 77 | 63 |
| 动物不再凶猛 | 67% | 81% | 136 | 102 |
| 办法 | 65% | 75% | 126 | 53 |
| 群星不止一次 | 63% | 80% | 84 | 75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 摇滚 | 27.3× | 3 of 30 |
| 规矩 | 16.4× | 3 of 30 |
| 转眼 | 16.0× | 6 of 30 |
| 伟大 | 14.1× | 4 of 30 |
| 咋 | 10.8× | 4 of 30 |
| 勒 | 10.7× | 3 of 30 |
| 老子 | 8.1× | 4 of 30 |
| 啥 | 7.9× | 4 of 30 |
| 班 | 7.6× | 3 of 30 |
| 完全 | 6.8× | 3 of 30 |
| 向前 | 6.3× | 4 of 30 |
| 往事 | 5.7× | 3 of 30 |
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.
勒 16× 意 15× 换成 12× 摇滚 11× 转眼 11× 勇往直前 10× 啥 10× 咋 10× 耍 7× 核 6× 变本加厉 6× 顾虑 6×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 47% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 33% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 20% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 20% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 20% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 20% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 17% of songs |
| 把-construction | 13% of songs |