Hush — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 23 songs (3,625 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 71.3% — rank 90 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 71% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 84% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 57% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 讨厌的王八蛋 | 87% | 95% | 165 | 83 |
| 蓝绿藻的梦 | 84% | 91% | 146 | 69 |
| 过来人 | 83% | 86% | 155 | 55 |
| 天文特征 | 83% | 93% | 208 | 68 |
| 更好的地方 | 82% | 94% | 131 | 86 |
| 30km/s | 82% | 86% | 130 | 87 |
| 异常现象 | 79% | 86% | 138 | 71 |
| 那里没有我 | 76% | 90% | 63 | 15 |
| 一个人的地下室 | 76% | 84% | 166 | 71 |
| ｘ | 75% | 84% | 158 | 86 |
| 都是你害的 | 72% | 84% | 174 | 47 |
| 空中的恋人 | 71% | 84% | 174 | 58 |
| 给平行宇宙的你 | 68% | 81% | 156 | 61 |
| 波西米亚 | 66% | 81% | 194 | 106 |
| 波希米亚 | 66% | 81% | 194 | 106 |
| 五颜六色的 | 66% | 79% | 255 | 83 |
| 第三人称 | 63% | 74% | 170 | 84 |
| 之间 | 62% | 84% | 164 | 88 |
| 主要成分 | 61% | 76% | 173 | 80 |
| 出窍 | 61% | 68% | 109 | 52 |
| 黑夜的乌鸦 | 60% | 76% | 161 | 79 |
| 集体催眠 | 59% | 71% | 153 | 71 |
| 障碍赛 | 57% | 74% | 88 | 44 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 挺 | 14.2× | 3 of 23 |
| 惘 | 12.6× | 3 of 23 |
| 反而 | 10.3× | 3 of 23 |
| 一些 | 6.8× | 6 of 23 |
| 那里 | 6.1× | 3 of 23 |
| 犯 | 5.6× | 3 of 23 |
| 拼 | 5.3× | 3 of 23 |
| 荡 | 5.2× | 3 of 23 |
| 悲伤 | 4.9× | 5 of 23 |
| 值得 | 4.9× | 3 of 23 |
| 脆弱 | 4.3× | 3 of 23 |
| 都会 | 3.9× | 3 of 23 |
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.
都会 7× 不算 7× 雾 6× 虚 5× 星 5× 失落 4× 灵魂 4× 波希 4× 亚 4× 流浪 4× 品尝 4× 异 4×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 57% of songs |
|---|---|
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 39% of songs |
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 35% of songs |
| A不A / A没A (yes-no question) | 30% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 30% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 26% of songs |
| directional complement (V+起来/下去/出来…) | 17% of songs |
| 把-construction | 13% of songs |