Layton Wu — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 3 songs (448 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 71.0% — too few songs to rank |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 71% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 80% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| summernightwind | 72% | 83% | 172 | 85 |
| 夏夜晚风 | 71% | 80% | 138 | 64 |
| untilspring | 64% | 70% | 138 | 81 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 边 | 11.6× | 3 of 3 |
| 一个 | 4.3× | 3 of 3 |
| 爱 | 2.1× | 3 of 3 |
| 一 | 1.8× | 3 of 3 |
| 着 | 1.7× | 3 of 3 |
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.
夏 8× 夜晚 4× 寂寞 4× 甘 4× 觅 4× 情 3× 知 3× 毋 3× 拂 2× 怀 2× 秀 2× 蓬 2×
Grammar you will meet
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 100% of songs |
|---|---|
| 了 (aspect/change) | 33% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 33% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 33% of songs |
| separable verb split (离合词: 见你一面, 睡个好觉) | 33% of songs |