Ice Paper — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 41 songs (11,363 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 67.3% — rank 120 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 67% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 77% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 80% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 废弃都市 | 83% | 91% | 455 | 239 |
| 中间人 | 82% | 92% | 177 | 112 |
| 橙汁 | 82% | 90% | 382 | 164 |
| 红房间 | 80% | 89% | 378 | 231 |
| 七三九一 | 80% | 86% | 244 | 85 |
| 罗生门 | 77% | 86% | 422 | 215 |
| 回魂夜 | 75% | 86% | 140 | 95 |
| 粉细胞 | 73% | 85% | 403 | 206 |
| 心如止水 | 73% | 82% | 331 | 144 |
| 奈非天 | 71% | 81% | 592 | 363 |
| 冷门 | 71% | 87% | 180 | 68 |
| 永恒 | 71% | 83% | 197 | 99 |
| 断水流 | 71% | 77% | 545 | 320 |
| 无欲无求 | 71% | 85% | 126 | 98 |
| 无法无天 | 71% | 76% | 173 | 85 |
| 普罗米修斯 | 70% | 77% | 299 | 148 |
| 守夜人 | 70% | 81% | 197 | 138 |
| 静音 | 69% | 84% | 239 | 161 |
| 庄周梦蝶 | 69% | 80% | 437 | 235 |
| 月牙儿 | 67% | 82% | 218 | 92 |
| 野草 | 67% | 75% | 113 | 62 |
| 伏特加 | 66% | 75% | 512 | 277 |
| 紫金之巅 | 66% | 79% | 269 | 178 |
| 七千白袍 | 66% | 77% | 99 | 72 |
| 封神榜 | 64% | 74% | 76 | 63 |
| 雨花 | 64% | 76% | 210 | 145 |
| 长江绝恋 | 63% | 76% | 271 | 103 |
| 飞奥门 | 63% | 73% | 102 | 81 |
| 彼岸花开 | 62% | 74% | 628 | 265 |
| 雪女 | 62% | 72% | 273 | 141 |
| 云纹 | 62% | 75% | 202 | 85 |
| 杀手修炼手册 | 61% | 70% | 205 | 162 |
| 莫愁湖 | 60% | 80% | 101 | 53 |
| 迷踪步 | 59% | 72% | 544 | 294 |
| 禁闭岛 | 59% | 69% | 196 | 130 |
| 夜泊秦淮 | 56% | 68% | 244 | 130 |
| 正气歌 | 55% | 68% | 282 | 191 |
| 刹那 | 52% | 69% | 397 | 252 |
| 圣母院 | 51% | 61% | 238 | 144 |
| 夕阳武士 | 42% | 54% | 240 | 150 |
| 离 | 38% | 50% | 26 | 25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 自愿 | 66.5× | 5 of 41 |
| 丹 | 47.9× | 3 of 41 |
| 祭 | 34.2× | 3 of 41 |
| 一叶 | 31.9× | 3 of 41 |
| 孽 | 29.9× | 3 of 41 |
| 荣耀 | 22.8× | 3 of 41 |
| 虚构 | 19.2× | 3 of 41 |
| 采 | 18.3× | 10 of 41 |
| 布满 | 17.7× | 4 of 41 |
| 漆 | 17.3× | 4 of 41 |
| 打个 | 17.1× | 3 of 41 |
| 剥 | 17.1× | 3 of 41 |
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.
儿 16× 下落 16× 玛 16× 亚 16× 身 15× 未 14× 世 13× 之 13× 采 11× 遥远 11× 亲手 10× 以 9×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 83% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 71% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 56% of songs |
| 把-construction | 46% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 44% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 37% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 37% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 34% of songs |