周传雄 (Steve Chou) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 59 songs (15,297 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 68.2% — rank 115 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 68% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 81% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 47% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 忘记 | 85% | 91% | 189 | 79 |
| 我也许是个笑话 | 85% | 93% | 246 | 83 |
| 记事本 | 83% | 94% | 253 | 83 |
| 我的心太乱 | 83% | 88% | 363 | 82 |
| 说不出有多爱 | 82% | 86% | 192 | 63 |
| 爱如日升月落 | 81% | 89% | 306 | 102 |
| 空心 | 81% | 90% | 310 | 88 |
| 你的爱在我的行李中 | 80% | 85% | 222 | 68 |
| 再出发 | 79% | 87% | 258 | 51 |
| 没有你的日子 | 78% | 85% | 213 | 65 |
| 我问 | 77% | 88% | 252 | 127 |
| 爱的告别式 | 77% | 88% | 349 | 121 |
| 割舍 | 77% | 87% | 335 | 110 |
| 没有一杯茶解决不了的事 | 76% | 85% | 340 | 142 |
| 孤单的习惯 | 76% | 86% | 275 | 80 |
| 孤单大街 | 76% | 81% | 357 | 95 |
| 花香 | 76% | 95% | 272 | 80 |
| 有没有一首歌会让你想起我 | 75% | 87% | 223 | 109 |
| backhome | 75% | 81% | 225 | 66 |
| 最爱你的时候 | 73% | 84% | 357 | 98 |
| 抓紧我 | 72% | 90% | 181 | 66 |
| 忘了坏情人 | 72% | 84% | 161 | 67 |
| 黄粱梦 | 72% | 81% | 276 | 112 |
| 暖风 | 71% | 85% | 226 | 108 |
| 陪着我一直到世界的尽头 | 70% | 81% | 186 | 70 |
| 把爱情寄在远远的地方 | 70% | 83% | 94 | 63 |
| 冬天的秘密 | 70% | 85% | 270 | 95 |
| 舍不得你走 | 70% | 83% | 197 | 62 |
| 开往初恋的平行线 | 69% | 84% | 231 | 130 |
| 你已不是你 | 68% | 82% | 314 | 92 |
| 再遇见 | 68% | 84% | 165 | 88 |
| 啤酒泡泡 | 68% | 74% | 425 | 87 |
| 我终于学会 | 68% | 77% | 99 | 48 |
| 末班车 | 67% | 83% | 383 | 94 |
| 无名的歌 | 66% | 73% | 260 | 94 |
| 灵药 | 66% | 78% | 317 | 161 |
| 寄给你一朵玫瑰 | 65% | 81% | 219 | 86 |
| 出卖 | 65% | 77% | 203 | 79 |
| 黄昏 | 64% | 76% | 275 | 94 |
| 春神曲 | 63% | 74% | 253 | 99 |
| 吉普赛情人 | 63% | 77% | 277 | 86 |
| 情人该有的慈悲 | 63% | 75% | 261 | 128 |
| 男人海洋 | 62% | 72% | 304 | 90 |
| 风干我的悲伤 | 62% | 75% | 215 | 81 |
| 弱水三千 | 62% | 78% | 252 | 90 |
| 樱吹雪 | 62% | 79% | 209 | 82 |
| 春天的花恁拢无开 | 61% | 71% | 259 | 85 |
| 心结 | 61% | 75% | 277 | 90 |
| 关不上的窗 | 61% | 72% | 240 | 75 |
| 坏感觉 | 60% | 74% | 300 | 90 |
| 寄托 | 60% | 75% | 219 | 71 |
| 临别一眼 | 60% | 74% | 230 | 73 |
| 蓝色土耳其 | 59% | 74% | 325 | 92 |
| 哈萨雅琪 | 59% | 72% | 342 | 108 |
| 微凉的记忆 | 58% | 68% | 285 | 105 |
| 今宵酒醒何处 | 54% | 65% | 271 | 86 |
| 寂寞沙洲冷 | 50% | 64% | 303 | 102 |
| 青花 | 49% | 72% | 262 | 113 |
| 烟雨平生 | 48% | 61% | 194 | 70 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 徘徊 | 6.2× | 6 of 59 |
| 忧 | 5.7× | 6 of 59 |
| 拒绝 | 4.8× | 5 of 59 |
| 伤心 | 4.6× | 8 of 59 |
| 执着 | 4.5× | 5 of 59 |
| 愁 | 4.5× | 5 of 59 |
| 后悔 | 4.4× | 7 of 59 |
| 心情 | 4.4× | 8 of 59 |
| 承诺 | 4.1× | 8 of 59 |
| 玫瑰 | 3.9× | 5 of 59 |
| 昨 | 3.8× | 5 of 59 |
| 伤害 | 3.8× | 5 of 59 |
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 46× 思念 31× 孤单 31× 温柔 28× 哈萨雅琪 21× 一眼 21× 恋 19× 情人 19× 情 17× 贪 16× 徘徊 15× 陌生 15×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 69% of songs |
|---|---|
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 61% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 41% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 34% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 24% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 22% of songs |
| 把-construction | 20% of songs |
| A不A / A没A (yes-no question) | 19% of songs |