刺猬 (Hedgehog) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 45 songs (6,575 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 61.5% — rank 145 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 | 67% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 我们是动物 | 82% | 88% | 172 | 117 |
| 最后一班车 | 79% | 85% | 39 | 29 |
| 树 | 75% | 84% | 122 | 92 |
| 柏油公路 | 72% | 77% | 180 | 64 |
| 我疯了 | 72% | 85% | 146 | 86 |
| 青蓝后世光影 | 72% | 81% | 78 | 61 |
| 春天来了 | 72% | 81% | 99 | 59 |
| 钱是万能的 | 72% | 79% | 350 | 229 |
| 白日梦蓝 | 71% | 84% | 133 | 48 |
| 乐队 | 70% | 81% | 88 | 72 |
| 最后，我们会一起去海边 | 70% | 79% | 174 | 48 |
| 最寂寞的一天 | 70% | 76% | 141 | 84 |
| 金色年华，无限伤感 | 68% | 78% | 76 | 64 |
| 画 | 68% | 75% | 130 | 84 |
| 漂离去月球 | 68% | 78% | 148 | 106 |
| 星夜祈盼 | 67% | 79% | 140 | 115 |
| 折翼 | 66% | 83% | 144 | 84 |
| 仙情爱问 | 66% | 80% | 137 | 97 |
| 电影 | 65% | 76% | 78 | 63 |
| 星光 | 65% | 76% | 127 | 98 |
| 少林 | 64% | 76% | 107 | 86 |
| 重庆 | 62% | 77% | 135 | 112 |
| 她在月光下 | 62% | 71% | 65 | 49 |
| 阿司匹林 | 61% | 69% | 90 | 74 |
| 幸好我们还有音乐itsluckywestillgotmusic | 60% | 80% | 133 | 100 |
| 在心间 | 60% | 73% | 168 | 120 |
| 勐巴拉娜西 | 59% | 69% | 338 | 178 |
| 幻象波普星 | 58% | 71% | 100 | 76 |
| 像水一样流flowinglikethewater | 54% | 65% | 123 | 98 |
| 2014色彩漫游 | 54% | 70% | 405 | 254 |
| 金色褪去，燃于天际 | 54% | 69% | 96 | 78 |
| 燃烧的心 | 53% | 74% | 174 | 96 |
| 期许静灭之火expectationquietdyingtinder | 52% | 71% | 159 | 126 |
| 梦游一生 | 51% | 63% | 150 | 129 |
| 光阴流年夏恋 | 50% | 63% | 126 | 110 |
| 盼暖春来 | 48% | 58% | 165 | 136 |
| 生之响往 | 48% | 64% | 244 | 199 |
| 二十一世纪，当我们还年轻时 | 48% | 55% | 124 | 111 |
| 赤子呓语一生梦 | 47% | 63% | 217 | 166 |
| 我们飞向太空 | 46% | 60% | 129 | 100 |
| 暖浪拂心田 | 45% | 59% | 56 | 52 |
| 此生无可恋，唯曲悦丹田 | 44% | 56% | 170 | 129 |
| 火车驶向云外，梦安魂于九霄 | 40% | 55% | 134 | 118 |
| 匐入残暴的黑暗轨迹thedarktrailofcrawlingintoatrocity | 40% | 52% | 153 | 137 |
| 口号 | 37% | 53% | 112 | 93 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 中介 | 109.1× | 6 of 45 |
| 猬 | 64.6× | 4 of 45 |
| 津 | 62.3× | 6 of 45 |
| 赤瞳 | 61.0× | 13 of 45 |
| 青年 | 33.1× | 5 of 45 |
| 厂 | 24.2× | 13 of 45 |
| 明日 | 23.6× | 6 of 45 |
| 牌 | 13.4× | 14 of 45 |
| 田 | 12.9× | 8 of 45 |
| 欢乐 | 12.4× | 4 of 45 |
| 麦 | 9.9× | 7 of 45 |
| 落叶 | 9.9× | 4 of 45 |
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.
之 16× 望 14× 赤瞳 13× 匆忙 11× 今 10× 寂寞 10× 结尾 10× 星 9× 遥远 9× 世 8× 情 8× 窗 7×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 53% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 49% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 31% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 24% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 20% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 18% of songs |
| line-final 吗/呢/吧 (question/suggestion) | 18% of songs |
| 把-construction | 11% of songs |