张学友 (Jacky Cheung) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 39 songs (9,824 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 70.9% — rank 95 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 71% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 81% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 38% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 一千个伤心的理由 | 88% | 92% | 175 | 46 |
| 心如刀割 | 84% | 91% | 231 | 64 |
| 我真的受伤了 | 81% | 88% | 156 | 55 |
| 忘记你我做不到 | 80% | 88% | 249 | 74 |
| 吻别 | 80% | 88% | 303 | 117 |
| 她来听我的演唱会 | 79% | 91% | 254 | 118 |
| 如果这都不算爱 | 78% | 84% | 167 | 73 |
| 咖啡 | 78% | 94% | 285 | 84 |
| 头发乱了 | 77% | 80% | 320 | 126 |
| 蓝雨 | 76% | 81% | 289 | 105 |
| 等你等到我心痛 | 74% | 84% | 281 | 93 |
| 慢慢 | 74% | 87% | 207 | 66 |
| 一路上有你 | 74% | 85% | 292 | 78 |
| 偷心 | 73% | 82% | 239 | 79 |
| 我醒着做梦 | 73% | 89% | 201 | 92 |
| 只想一生跟你走 | 72% | 84% | 338 | 86 |
| 烦恼歌 | 72% | 80% | 239 | 107 |
| 忘情冷雨夜 | 71% | 77% | 251 | 91 |
| 真情流露 | 71% | 80% | 172 | 72 |
| 遥远的她 | 71% | 79% | 268 | 127 |
| 情书 | 71% | 82% | 294 | 112 |
| 回头太难 | 70% | 81% | 226 | 81 |
| 情网 | 70% | 85% | 212 | 78 |
| 每天爱你多一些 | 69% | 84% | 330 | 92 |
| 只有你不知道 | 69% | 79% | 375 | 129 |
| 分手总要在雨天 | 69% | 78% | 293 | 113 |
| 祝福 | 68% | 79% | 240 | 105 |
| 爱是永恒 | 67% | 76% | 153 | 102 |
| 月半弯 | 67% | 78% | 159 | 78 |
| 离开以后 | 66% | 79% | 333 | 139 |
| 秋意浓 | 66% | 87% | 170 | 72 |
| 只愿一生爱一人 | 65% | 79% | 274 | 97 |
| 还是觉得你最好 | 64% | 77% | 335 | 87 |
| 夕阳醉了 | 61% | 78% | 238 | 74 |
| 离人 | 61% | 74% | 253 | 89 |
| 旧情绵绵 | 59% | 74% | 232 | 113 |
| 情已逝 | 53% | 69% | 277 | 77 |
| 李香兰 | 52% | 70% | 169 | 77 |
| 饿狼传说 | 51% | 66% | 344 | 94 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 俏 | 38.7× | 3 of 39 |
| 远走高飞 | 33.6× | 3 of 39 |
| 痴心 | 25.2× | 3 of 39 |
| 当天 | 20.1× | 3 of 39 |
| 觅 | 18.6× | 3 of 39 |
| 热爱 | 12.9× | 3 of 39 |
| 虽 | 12.6× | 3 of 39 |
| 令 | 11.2× | 6 of 39 |
| 渐 | 10.9× | 5 of 39 |
| 否 | 10.7× | 3 of 39 |
| 斜 | 10.5× | 3 of 39 |
| 偏偏 | 9.7× | 4 of 39 |
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.
情 43× 未 41× 似 21× 知 19× 逝 18× 望 16× 亦 16× 吻 15× 今 13× 偏偏 13× 渐 13× 莫 13×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 54% of songs |
|---|---|
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 54% of songs |
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 46% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 38% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 36% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 15% of songs |
| 把-construction | 15% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 15% of songs |