薛之谦 (Joker Xue) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 61 songs (15,327 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 72.1% — rank 82 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 72% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 83% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 75% |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 其实 | 91% | 95% | 223 | 84 |
| 我想起你了 | 83% | 88% | 198 | 96 |
| 最好 | 83% | 90% | 221 | 76 |
| 方圆几里 | 82% | 91% | 251 | 108 |
| 绅士 | 81% | 89% | 324 | 130 |
| 认真的雪 | 81% | 92% | 318 | 89 |
| 你还要我怎样 | 81% | 91% | 269 | 139 |
| 那是你离开了北京的生活 | 81% | 88% | 241 | 116 |
| 演员 | 80% | 88% | 324 | 168 |
| 刚刚好 | 80% | 86% | 258 | 132 |
| 我害怕 | 80% | 88% | 182 | 104 |
| 变废为宝 | 80% | 86% | 191 | 97 |
| 意外 | 80% | 86% | 231 | 59 |
| ai | 79% | 85% | 253 | 129 |
| 这么久没见 | 79% | 87% | 266 | 130 |
| 别 | 78% | 86% | 170 | 78 |
| 等我回家 | 77% | 83% | 259 | 132 |
| 下雨了 | 77% | 86% | 266 | 87 |
| 天份 | 77% | 89% | 201 | 83 |
| 爱的期限 | 76% | 88% | 289 | 79 |
| 租购 | 76% | 85% | 285 | 139 |
| 有没有 | 76% | 82% | 249 | 82 |
| 我好像在哪见过你 | 75% | 85% | 195 | 113 |
| 天外来物 | 74% | 85% | 223 | 95 |
| 丑八怪 | 74% | 84% | 225 | 127 |
| 无数 | 74% | 88% | 225 | 114 |
| 火星人来过 | 73% | 82% | 331 | 196 |
| 迟迟 | 73% | 83% | 237 | 114 |
| 崇拜 | 73% | 81% | 250 | 150 |
| 聊表心意 | 73% | 83% | 292 | 128 |
| 哑巴 | 72% | 80% | 208 | 73 |
| 陪你去流浪 | 71% | 83% | 223 | 116 |
| 解解闷 | 71% | 81% | 399 | 238 |
| 被人 | 71% | 78% | 251 | 104 |
| 像风一样 | 70% | 85% | 203 | 103 |
| 骆驼 | 70% | 84% | 212 | 120 |
| 暧昧 | 69% | 81% | 275 | 160 |
| 野心 | 69% | 78% | 193 | 117 |
| 狐狸 | 69% | 78% | 244 | 155 |
| 我的雅典娜 | 69% | 78% | 208 | 48 |
| 怪咖 | 69% | 77% | 188 | 118 |
| 人字拖 | 68% | 78% | 292 | 186 |
| 耗尽 | 68% | 76% | 277 | 123 |
| 背过手 | 68% | 78% | 181 | 113 |
| 潮流季 | 68% | 79% | 321 | 125 |
| 一半 | 67% | 83% | 273 | 196 |
| 小尖尖 | 67% | 81% | 207 | 157 |
| 木偶人 | 67% | 75% | 328 | 182 |
| 守村人 | 66% | 79% | 289 | 169 |
| 高尚 | 65% | 79% | 262 | 159 |
| 违背的青春 | 65% | 79% | 255 | 127 |
| 情书 | 64% | 75% | 223 | 94 |
| 顽疾 | 63% | 75% | 310 | 199 |
| 笑场 | 63% | 76% | 284 | 144 |
| 渡 | 62% | 71% | 106 | 85 |
| 动物世界 | 61% | 73% | 266 | 186 |
| 念 | 61% | 69% | 296 | 186 |
| 霸王别姬 | 60% | 73% | 258 | 168 |
| 跃 | 60% | 68% | 310 | 208 |
| 在那天回不去的路上 | 57% | 73% | 267 | 152 |
| 媚人 | 55% | 64% | 271 | 187 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 谦 | 85.8× | 12 of 61 |
| 薛 | 73.2× | 15 of 61 |
| 看上去 | 40.2× | 6 of 61 |
| 攒 | 28.2× | 5 of 61 |
| 幼稚 | 13.7× | 6 of 61 |
| 尽量 | 13.4× | 5 of 61 |
| 劝 | 12.9× | 10 of 61 |
| 赐 | 12.2× | 5 of 61 |
| 抵抗 | 12.2× | 5 of 61 |
| 路人 | 11.9× | 5 of 61 |
| 表现 | 10.7× | 6 of 61 |
| 畏 | 10.3× | 5 of 61 |
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.
薛 32× 情 18× 世 15× 音 15× 不算 15× 之 12× 谦 12× 思念 11× 擅长 11× 星 11× 感 10× 幼稚 10×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 84% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 64% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 52% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 38% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 36% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 36% of songs |
| A不A / A没A (yes-no question) | 30% of songs |
| 把-construction | 30% of songs |