蔡依林: Chinese lyrics by HSK level

蔡依林 (Jolin Cai) — how hard are the lyrics?

Based on 107 songs (27,626 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.

Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3	73.3% — rank 64 of 152 (full leaderboard)
Typical song at HSK 3	you would already know about 73% of the words
Typical song at HSK 5	about 85%
Songs with a chengyu	48%

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
你怎么连话都说不清楚	90%	95%	392	90
怕什么	88%	93%	222	67
听说爱情回来过	87%	94%	397	104
你还爱我吗	87%	94%	237	101
takeiteasy	86%	96%	179	63
proveit	85%	92%	372	106
做一天的你	85%	91%	268	85
就是爱	85%	94%	327	106
好东西	85%	89%	284	95
倒带	84%	93%	305	124
假面的告白	84%	88%	248	79
看紧我	84%	90%	300	90
组曲:你怎么连话都说不清楚/柠檬草的味道/妥协	83%	91%	270	131
只有一个你	83%	89%	206	83
什么样的爱	83%	92%	225	59
一个人	82%	92%	124	103
yougottaknow	82%	93%	239	74
我要的选择	81%	89%	208	78
dontstop	81%	89%	293	97
我知道你很难过	81%	87%	292	96
睁一只眼闭一只眼	81%	87%	390	133
showyourlove	81%	90%	212	78
柠檬草的味道	80%	91%	234	115
离人节	80%	85%	199	103
如果不想要	80%	94%	246	89
组曲:假装/倒带	80%	90%	295	144
你为何	79%	88%	120	53
组曲:招牌动作/大丈夫	79%	88%	201	111
爱情36计	79%	84%	257	94
招牌动作	79%	87%	247	102
节拍器	78%	84%	212	91
好想你	78%	86%	239	78
你快乐吗	78%	86%	252	78
诗人漫步	78%	89%	256	96
始作俑者	78%	90%	279	83
小伤口	78%	87%	205	82
舍不得	77%	89%	151	90
感觉你的存在	77%	87%	288	84
letsmoveit	77%	88%	387	76
怪我太年轻	77%	90%	188	86
becauseofyou	77%	90%	161	72
非卖品	77%	90%	289	107
由我	77%	84%	168	80
组曲:我知道你很难过/离人节/开场白/爱上了一条街	77%	85%	219	133
消失的城堡	77%	92%	158	69
goodbye	76%	86%	110	92
唱这首歌	76%	83%	182	78
快有爱	76%	85%	279	110
独占神话	75%	88%	280	120
嗨	75%	88%	211	109
开场白	75%	86%	247	97
我	74%	88%	229	99
最终话	74%	83%	251	108
酸甜	73%	82%	262	103
冷暴力	73%	84%	336	98
耍大牌	73%	83%	250	110
情逢敌手	73%	80%	282	97
日不落	73%	83%	341	81
组曲:七上八下/舞娘	73%	82%	263	144
天空	73%	86%	271	76
lovelovelove	72%	85%	283	96
看我72变	72%	84%	321	108
说爱你	72%	85%	274	103
第一优先	72%	92%	226	87
猜想	72%	79%	182	101
假装	72%	84%	318	119
乖猫	72%	80%	434	93
心型圈	72%	84%	324	114
追杀丘比特	72%	84%	327	109
孤单的人总说无所谓	71%	89%	297	87
ohoh	71%	86%	328	107
玩美	71%	84%	205	84
单身公害	71%	83%	247	94
大艺术家	71%	80%	404	158
惯性背叛	70%	83%	262	102
桃花源	70%	84%	334	116
爱上了一条街	70%	80%	202	63
怀念	69%	83%	167	73
即时生效	69%	79%	339	108
drjolin	69%	80%	243	144
组曲:野蛮游戏/看我72变	69%	82%	487	196
和世界做邻居	68%	81%	133	98
反复记号	68%	87%	246	84
让让	68%	80%	169	88
唯舞独尊	68%	85%	178	80
金三角	68%	79%	314	122
奴隶船	66%	76%	184	66
第三人称	66%	85%	230	109
布拉格广场	66%	81%	270	99
组曲:dontstop/马德里不思议/十三号星期舞	66%	78%	358	221
衣服占心术	66%	75%	174	101
mrq	65%	77%	209	82
爆米花的味道	65%	81%	375	124
我很怕黑	65%	77%	252	101
爱无赦	64%	76%	135	88
野蛮游戏	64%	78%	413	127
乐园	64%	74%	176	92
海盗	63%	75%	276	136
马德里不思议	62%	71%	305	115
无言以对	62%	74%	258	105
舞娘	60%	76%	289	119
墓仔埔也敢去	59%	69%	174	86
黑发尤物	58%	72%	269	132
马赛克	56%	78%	238	124
特务j	54%	69%	297	117
许愿池的希腊少女	51%	67%	187	90
马甲上的绳索	49%	62%	278	98

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
故意	7.8×	9 of 107
颜色	4.9×	10 of 107
表情	4.7×	12 of 107
傻	3.6×	14 of 107
爱情	3.5×	38 of 107
微笑	3.1×	20 of 107
心情	3.0×	10 of 107
自我	3.0×	9 of 107
幸福	2.9×	26 of 107
眼神	2.8×	12 of 107
号	2.7×	9 of 107
受	2.7×	9 of 107

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.

温柔 37× 情 31× 孤单 30× 耍 29× 寂寞 22× 律 20× 恋 18× 眼神 18× 抛 18× 野蛮 18× 假装 17× 猜想 17×

Grammar you will meet

了 (aspect/change)	67% of songs
着 (continuous aspect)	54% of songs
AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢)	37% of songs
被 (passive)	34% of songs
过 (experiential aspect)	33% of songs
potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着)	28% of songs
更/最 (degree adverbs)	26% of songs
把-construction	24% of songs