杨瑞代 (Gary Yang) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 6 songs (686 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 78.6% — too few songs to rank |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 79% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 86% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 17% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 南回线 | 84% | 91% | 74 | 59 |
| 嘟嘟声 | 80% | 86% | 160 | 95 |
| 爱是最幸福的悲伤 | 79% | 91% | 70 | 53 |
| idontcare | 75% | 86% | 155 | 50 |
| 真实的勇气 | 63% | 74% | 157 | 83 |
| 遇见优雅 | 46% | 76% | 70 | 45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 最 | 2.3× | 3 of 6 |
| 给 | 1.9× | 3 of 6 |
| 谁 | 1.7× | 3 of 6 |
| 和 | 1.5× | 3 of 6 |
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.
怡然自得 4× 世 3× 俗 3× 须 3× 谓 2× 辩 2× 偏见 2× 思念 2× 经 2× 窗 2× 忘不了 2× 貌 2×
Grammar you will meet
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 83% of songs |
|---|---|
| 了 (aspect/change) | 67% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 50% of songs |
| adj+一点(儿) (a bit more …) | 17% of songs |
| line-final 吗/呢/吧 (question/suggestion) | 17% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 17% of songs |
| A不A / A没A (yes-no question) | 17% of songs |
| 把-construction | 17% of songs |