周杰伦 (Jay Chou) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 27 songs (8,750 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 71.5% — rank 87 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 | 41% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 安静 | 89% | 95% | 378 | 84 |
| 等你下课 | 86% | 94% | 308 | 137 |
| 说好不哭 | 86% | 93% | 236 | 87 |
| 借口 | 84% | 92% | 267 | 77 |
| 大笨钟 | 83% | 92% | 320 | 81 |
| 免费教学录影带 | 79% | 86% | 357 | 148 |
| 梦想启动 | 76% | 84% | 277 | 95 |
| mojito | 75% | 84% | 293 | 181 |
| 阳明山 | 74% | 83% | 299 | 150 |
| 七里香 | 73% | 87% | 339 | 129 |
| 还在流浪 | 73% | 81% | 331 | 108 |
| 窃爱 | 72% | 80% | 374 | 101 |
| 搁浅 | 72% | 80% | 251 | 67 |
| 倒影 | 71% | 81% | 389 | 123 |
| 乌克丽丽 | 70% | 80% | 330 | 133 |
| 扯 | 69% | 82% | 433 | 152 |
| 嘻哈空姐 | 68% | 82% | 289 | 155 |
| 魔术先生 | 68% | 80% | 365 | 147 |
| 错过的烟火 | 67% | 78% | 328 | 108 |
| 四季列车 | 67% | 80% | 281 | 139 |
| 一口气全念对 | 66% | 74% | 361 | 114 |
| 我要夏天 | 61% | 83% | 301 | 101 |
| 龙战骑士 | 57% | 70% | 276 | 160 |
| 公公偏头痛 | 55% | 62% | 412 | 214 |
| 红尘客栈 | 53% | 62% | 270 | 154 |
| 红颜如霜 | 52% | 70% | 440 | 152 |
| 困兽之斗 | 48% | 69% | 245 | 85 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 城墙 | 40.4× | 3 of 27 |
| 旷 | 18.6× | 3 of 27 |
| 笑话 | 12.5× | 3 of 27 |
| 看起来 | 12.3× | 3 of 27 |
| 非常 | 9.2× | 3 of 27 |
| 蛋 | 9.1× | 4 of 27 |
| 解释 | 9.1× | 3 of 27 |
| 古 | 9.1× | 4 of 27 |
| 腰 | 8.9× | 3 of 27 |
| 巷 | 8.4× | 3 of 27 |
| 客 | 7.1× | 3 of 27 |
| 琴 | 6.8× | 5 of 27 |
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.
咪 54× 扯 26× 影 12× 望 10× 之 10× 情 9× 窗 7× 善 7× 孤单 7× 城墙 7× 感 7× 沙滩 6×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 78% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 70% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 63% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 44% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 30% of songs |
| directional complement (V+起来/下去/出来…) | 26% of songs |
| 比 (comparison) | 26% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 26% of songs |