二手玫瑰 (Second Hand Rose) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 39 songs (7,545 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 72.0% — rank 83 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 72% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 82% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 49% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 火车快开 | 93% | 98% | 344 | 47 |
| 夜深了 | 87% | 92% | 173 | 60 |
| 黄诗 | 86% | 93% | 119 | 53 |
| 正人君子 | 84% | 97% | 177 | 55 |
| 起飞 | 83% | 90% | 268 | 79 |
| 征婚启示 | 82% | 89% | 227 | 85 |
| 小红小绿 | 82% | 87% | 134 | 51 |
| 如你所愿 | 81% | 87% | 199 | 80 |
| 白石洲梦 | 81% | 86% | 155 | 85 |
| 感觉错了 | 80% | 95% | 175 | 58 |
| 小芳 | 79% | 89% | 209 | 62 |
| 允许部分艺术家先富起来 | 78% | 84% | 247 | 74 |
| 疯狂的外星人 | 77% | 83% | 306 | 87 |
| 春天的故事 | 77% | 82% | 188 | 64 |
| 跳大神 | 76% | 85% | 177 | 107 |
| 上天堂 | 76% | 80% | 137 | 91 |
| 狼心狗肺 | 73% | 77% | 203 | 72 |
| 老虎十九岁 | 73% | 88% | 126 | 60 |
| 月牙五更狂想曲 | 72% | 80% | 156 | 87 |
| 好花红 | 72% | 80% | 232 | 94 |
| e时代桃源 | 72% | 86% | 192 | 74 |
| 可是我还是在歌唱 | 72% | 77% | 88 | 43 |
| 舞曲 | 72% | 77% | 197 | 110 |
| 招安 | 72% | 83% | 186 | 42 |
| 粘人 | 71% | 79% | 578 | 181 |
| 煎饼侠 | 70% | 82% | 130 | 101 |
| 白花 | 70% | 84% | 146 | 71 |
| 娱乐江湖 | 69% | 82% | 176 | 113 |
| 小城夏天 | 69% | 75% | 208 | 129 |
| 嫂子颂 | 67% | 70% | 164 | 53 |
| 走过路过 | 67% | 77% | 179 | 51 |
| 昨夜星辰 | 62% | 68% | 143 | 51 |
| 渣儿 | 60% | 76% | 166 | 74 |
| 冰城之夏 | 60% | 68% | 200 | 96 |
| 仙儿 | 60% | 77% | 142 | 74 |
| 命运 | 57% | 61% | 164 | 84 |
| 潇洒走一回 | 53% | 75% | 162 | 65 |
| 叫我大掌柜 | 50% | 60% | 267 | 171 |
| 沧海一声笑 | 39% | 48% | 105 | 61 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 民 | 31.1× | 5 of 39 |
| 逍遥 | 26.5× | 3 of 39 |
| 郎 | 18.6× | 3 of 39 |
| 露出 | 17.4× | 3 of 39 |
| 哎呀 | 16.8× | 3 of 39 |
| 乐队 | 16.8× | 3 of 39 |
| 呐 | 14.0× | 4 of 39 |
| 不为 | 13.6× | 3 of 39 |
| 半夜 | 12.9× | 3 of 39 |
| 收获 | 12.0× | 3 of 39 |
| 忧 | 11.5× | 8 of 39 |
| 仙 | 11.0× | 4 of 39 |
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.
儿 31× 嫂子 26× 望 22× 呐 19× 咦 18× 情 14× 忧 13× 星辰 13× 掌柜 13× 哎呀 12× 堂 10× 蕊 10×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 62% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 41% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 33% of songs |
| line-final 吗/呢/吧 (question/suggestion) | 31% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 28% of songs |
| 把-construction | 23% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 23% of songs |
| directional complement (V+起来/下去/出来…) | 15% of songs |