GALI — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 25 songs (9,207 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 74.2% — rank 55 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 74% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 85% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 64% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| illusionfreestyle | 81% | 88% | 344 | 214 |
| paranoid | 81% | 86% | 151 | 83 |
| 6ackpack | 81% | 91% | 326 | 159 |
| 1992/lordknows | 77% | 89% | 334 | 233 |
| 阿那亚aranya | 77% | 86% | 584 | 331 |
| 航线 | 77% | 84% | 394 | 163 |
| bagel | 77% | 84% | 384 | 215 |
| jeremyscottfreestyle | 75% | 84% | 289 | 197 |
| 玛瑙 | 75% | 85% | 515 | 270 |
| bringemout | 75% | 84% | 332 | 191 |
| 天选之子 | 75% | 84% | 557 | 314 |
| 琥珀 | 75% | 81% | 373 | 195 |
| 优雅妖精 | 74% | 84% | 283 | 109 |
| yykbz | 74% | 84% | 530 | 264 |
| colorteriyaki | 73% | 86% | 441 | 172 |
| color：teriyaki | 73% | 86% | 445 | 173 |
| chromeheartfreestyle | 73% | 85% | 510 | 301 |
| yungmakaveli | 73% | 86% | 125 | 93 |
| 悬浮术ii | 73% | 82% | 670 | 367 |
| 70% | 71% | 87% | 423 | 228 |
| whippin | 71% | 85% | 252 | 114 |
| intro | 71% | 94% | 17 | 16 |
| 亚特兰蒂斯之心 | 69% | 81% | 383 | 240 |
| blackbirrrd | 65% | 76% | 358 | 253 |
| wildrose | 64% | 76% | 187 | 87 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 达芬奇 | 98.2× | 3 of 25 |
| 音轨 | 78.5× | 3 of 25 |
| 以往 | 65.5× | 4 of 25 |
| 仍旧 | 58.2× | 4 of 25 |
| 超级 | 52.4× | 4 of 25 |
| 蜕 | 50.3× | 5 of 25 |
| 术 | 49.9× | 4 of 25 |
| 目前 | 46.2× | 3 of 25 |
| 酱 | 43.6× | 3 of 25 |
| 袖 | 32.7× | 3 of 25 |
| 歌手 | 31.4× | 3 of 25 |
| 手腕 | 31.4× | 3 of 25 |
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.
奢侈 26× 帽檐 12× 凌晨 9× 优雅 9× 蜕 8× 拼命 8× 妖 8× 速 7× 机 6× 山顶 6× 海面 6× 手腕 6×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 80% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 72% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 68% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 60% of songs |
| 把-construction | 60% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 48% of songs |
| 比 (comparison) | 36% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 28% of songs |