Gareth.T — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 19 songs (5,394 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 62.4% — rank 143 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 62% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 75% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 37% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 早到的u | 86% | 91% | 196 | 102 |
| 颜色 | 81% | 89% | 316 | 117 |
| 去北极忘记你 | 75% | 87% | 275 | 153 |
| 玻璃 | 74% | 87% | 338 | 139 |
| 跟悲伤结了帐 | 73% | 84% | 527 | 223 |
| 我很小朋友 | 71% | 81% | 221 | 162 |
| 遇上你之前的我 | 71% | 81% | 257 | 97 |
| 用背脊唱情歌 | 69% | 78% | 238 | 142 |
| 金童子 | 63% | 74% | 201 | 121 |
| 千人操 | 62% | 75% | 290 | 156 |
| 泥菩萨 | 62% | 73% | 367 | 222 |
| 国际孤独等级 | 62% | 68% | 243 | 152 |
| 你都不知道自己有多好 | 62% | 76% | 284 | 171 |
| 紧急联络人 | 61% | 71% | 311 | 178 |
| 劲浪漫超温馨 | 60% | 71% | 242 | 148 |
| 碧丽宫 | 59% | 75% | 253 | 160 |
| 笑住喊 | 58% | 72% | 362 | 185 |
| 孤单 | 57% | 63% | 267 | 119 |
| 偶像已死 | 56% | 70% | 206 | 124 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 唔 | 64.6× | 3 of 19 |
| 删 | 32.8× | 4 of 19 |
| 遗 | 27.9× | 3 of 19 |
| 扮 | 25.2× | 3 of 19 |
| 路人 | 23.0× | 3 of 19 |
| 器 | 22.0× | 3 of 19 |
| 没错 | 20.7× | 3 of 19 |
| 嫌 | 18.8× | 3 of 19 |
| 尚 | 18.5× | 3 of 19 |
| 亦 | 17.8× | 6 of 19 |
| 净 | 17.5× | 3 of 19 |
| 挨 | 17.2× | 3 of 19 |
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.
孤单 19× 唔 12× 帐 10× 发光 10× 情 9× 恶 9× 寂寞 8× 未 8× 亦 8× 房 8× 独 7× 嘅 7×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 63% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 63% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 58% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 58% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 53% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 32% of songs |
| resultative complement V完 (finish V-ing) | 26% of songs |
| 把-construction | 21% of songs |