张信哲 (Jeff Chang) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 59 songs (13,760 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 76.1% — rank 36 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 76% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 87% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 44% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 我要让你知道 | 91% | 95% | 265 | 69 |
| 我真的愿意 | 90% | 95% | 326 | 80 |
| 你最美丽会微笑的脸 | 89% | 97% | 73 | 48 |
| 握握手好吗 | 88% | 95% | 216 | 53 |
| 我们爱这个错 | 88% | 91% | 266 | 38 |
| 你是我的生命我的太阳 | 87% | 94% | 304 | 64 |
| 想你的夜 | 85% | 95% | 213 | 42 |
| 依依不舍 | 84% | 96% | 250 | 84 |
| 这个世界 | 84% | 94% | 154 | 42 |
| 下一个永远 | 84% | 91% | 257 | 114 |
| 你知道应该如何爱着我 | 84% | 94% | 280 | 68 |
| 想你是一种鼓励 | 83% | 92% | 151 | 80 |
| 有一点动心 | 82% | 91% | 248 | 77 |
| 找钥匙 | 82% | 89% | 340 | 100 |
| 我最爱的女人 | 81% | 87% | 260 | 74 |
| 有了爱 | 81% | 86% | 267 | 89 |
| 过火 | 80% | 88% | 328 | 88 |
| 心情卡片 | 80% | 93% | 263 | 104 |
| 让我忘记你的脸 | 80% | 86% | 134 | 92 |
| 从开始到现在 | 80% | 86% | 132 | 68 |
| 宽容 | 79% | 85% | 161 | 73 |
| 就等着你 | 78% | 88% | 226 | 67 |
| 曾经爱过 | 78% | 88% | 152 | 89 |
| 别怕我伤心 | 77% | 88% | 150 | 101 |
| 我能相信 | 77% | 90% | 248 | 106 |
| 相信相依 | 77% | 89% | 258 | 105 |
| 彩色的我 | 76% | 89% | 220 | 48 |
| 我是真的爱你 | 76% | 88% | 224 | 112 |
| 不会让你后悔 | 76% | 92% | 113 | 79 |
| 这世的名字 | 76% | 87% | 401 | 111 |
| 信仰 | 76% | 85% | 275 | 95 |
| 太想爱你 | 76% | 85% | 361 | 96 |
| 我在这里守候 | 76% | 88% | 246 | 79 |
| 要你亲口对我说 | 75% | 87% | 287 | 88 |
| 风言风语 | 75% | 83% | 76 | 54 |
| 疼你的心 | 74% | 87% | 303 | 73 |
| 不必多说话 | 73% | 83% | 275 | 99 |
| 知道 | 73% | 84% | 123 | 69 |
| 爱不留 | 73% | 83% | 342 | 106 |
| 爱转动 | 73% | 79% | 312 | 109 |
| 受罪 | 72% | 87% | 290 | 99 |
| 下雪边界 | 72% | 86% | 129 | 83 |
| 临别一眼 | 72% | 80% | 297 | 90 |
| 难道 | 72% | 87% | 123 | 68 |
| 爱就一个字 | 71% | 84% | 311 | 105 |
| 心爱宝贝 | 69% | 82% | 104 | 55 |
| 亲爱的小孩 | 69% | 83% | 240 | 65 |
| 最伤心是谁 | 69% | 81% | 290 | 93 |
| 爱已成风 | 68% | 82% | 250 | 69 |
| 属于我们的故事 | 66% | 82% | 157 | 68 |
| 爱如潮水 | 66% | 87% | 267 | 78 |
| 难以抗拒你容颜 | 65% | 84% | 303 | 61 |
| 天空之城 | 65% | 78% | 178 | 73 |
| 跳针的唱片 | 64% | 84% | 306 | 60 |
| 今夜的梦里有雾 | 64% | 76% | 94 | 64 |
| 到处留情 | 64% | 71% | 209 | 141 |
| 没有人知的故事 | 62% | 77% | 253 | 124 |
| 多心 | 55% | 73% | 228 | 78 |
| 无别 | 50% | 64% | 251 | 104 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 容颜 | 13.9× | 5 of 59 |
| 从此 | 7.2× | 10 of 59 |
| 折磨 | 5.5× | 5 of 59 |
| 何必 | 5.4× | 6 of 59 |
| 愿意 | 4.6× | 11 of 59 |
| 依 | 4.6× | 6 of 59 |
| 如此 | 3.7× | 10 of 59 |
| 珍惜 | 3.6× | 5 of 59 |
| 付出 | 3.6× | 5 of 59 |
| 伤心 | 3.5× | 6 of 59 |
| 好好 | 3.4× | 5 of 59 |
| 受 | 3.3× | 6 of 59 |
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 26× 温柔 25× 容颜 22× 寂寞 21× 何必 19× 相 17× 世 17× 一眼 16× 知 15× 折磨 13× 吻 12× 望 12×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 56% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 47% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 44% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 36% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 31% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 22% of songs |
| 把-construction | 14% of songs |
| A不A / A没A (yes-no question) | 14% of songs |