孙燕姿 (Stefanie Sun) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 58 songs (14,119 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 74.6% — rank 50 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 75% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 86% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 50% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 爱情字典 | 90% | 96% | 173 | 88 |
| 我也很想他 | 86% | 93% | 315 | 91 |
| 流浪地图 | 86% | 91% | 201 | 66 |
| 不是真的爱我 | 84% | 89% | 239 | 94 |
| 我不难过 | 84% | 91% | 363 | 124 |
| 遇见 | 82% | 94% | 186 | 89 |
| 同类 | 82% | 90% | 184 | 87 |
| 眼神 | 82% | 91% | 149 | 68 |
| 第一天 | 81% | 90% | 345 | 120 |
| 了解 | 81% | 94% | 212 | 82 |
| 天黑黑 | 80% | 92% | 275 | 115 |
| 开始懂了 | 80% | 94% | 246 | 73 |
| 180度 | 79% | 88% | 424 | 116 |
| 我要的幸福 | 79% | 91% | 150 | 70 |
| 开始懂了 | 79% | 94% | 248 | 74 |
| 坏天气 | 79% | 92% | 250 | 89 |
| 我怀念的 | 78% | 88% | 388 | 132 |
| 我怀念的 | 78% | 88% | 388 | 133 |
| honeyhoney | 78% | 92% | 227 | 92 |
| 雨还是不停地落下 | 77% | 92% | 295 | 141 |
| 原点 | 77% | 85% | 267 | 116 |
| 爱情证书 | 77% | 88% | 205 | 72 |
| 在也不见 | 76% | 82% | 192 | 98 |
| 比较幸福 | 75% | 84% | 134 | 88 |
| 直来直往 | 75% | 84% | 330 | 177 |
| 愚人的国度 | 75% | 81% | 252 | 71 |
| themoment | 75% | 86% | 183 | 86 |
| 尚好的青春 | 75% | 85% | 253 | 84 |
| 半句再见 | 75% | 83% | 232 | 117 |
| 明天晴天 | 74% | 79% | 179 | 69 |
| 原来你什么都不要 | 73% | 85% | 264 | 70 |
| 逆光 | 73% | 85% | 278 | 106 |
| 漩涡 | 73% | 84% | 296 | 125 |
| 漩涡 | 73% | 84% | 296 | 125 |
| 雨天 | 73% | 88% | 191 | 78 |
| 银泰 | 73% | 82% | 202 | 77 |
| 心愿 | 72% | 80% | 243 | 107 |
| 关于 | 72% | 86% | 147 | 84 |
| 安宁 | 71% | 86% | 182 | 72 |
| 绿光 | 71% | 83% | 318 | 108 |
| 克卜勒 | 71% | 85% | 258 | 94 |
| 当冬夜渐暖 | 71% | 81% | 242 | 99 |
| 眼泪成诗 | 70% | 90% | 165 | 69 |
| 眼泪成诗 | 70% | 90% | 165 | 69 |
| 渴 | 70% | 77% | 279 | 76 |
| 逃亡 | 70% | 88% | 170 | 88 |
| 风衣 | 69% | 85% | 340 | 147 |
| 咕叽咕叽 | 69% | 81% | 297 | 126 |
| 我的爱 | 69% | 83% | 226 | 94 |
| 需要你 | 68% | 90% | 199 | 60 |
| 隐形人 | 67% | 78% | 275 | 98 |
| 隐形人 | 67% | 78% | 275 | 98 |
| 飘着 | 67% | 78% | 203 | 108 |
| 飘着 | 67% | 78% | 203 | 107 |
| 样子 | 65% | 82% | 253 | 135 |
| 日落 | 63% | 75% | 197 | 108 |
| 飞瀑而下 | 60% | 72% | 268 | 88 |
| 极美 | 56% | 64% | 202 | 86 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 前进 | 7.7× | 5 of 58 |
| 分手 | 5.0× | 5 of 58 |
| 骗 | 4.9× | 6 of 58 |
| 脚步 | 4.8× | 6 of 58 |
| 痕迹 | 4.6× | 5 of 58 |
| 忽然 | 4.5× | 5 of 58 |
| 答案 | 4.5× | 8 of 58 |
| 原谅 | 4.5× | 7 of 58 |
| 暖 | 4.1× | 6 of 58 |
| 失 | 3.9× | 5 of 58 |
| 结束 | 3.7× | 5 of 58 |
| 了解 | 3.6× | 7 of 58 |
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.
寂寞 19× 相 13× 衣 13× 隐形 12× 吻 12× 瞬间 11× 愚 11× 蔡 10× 温柔 10× 逆 10× 眼神 10× 忍耐 10×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 67% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 62% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 38% of songs |
| 把-construction | 33% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 33% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 31% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 28% of songs |
| A不A / A没A (yes-no question) | 28% of songs |