蔡健雅 (Tanya Chua) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 54 songs (12,285 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 77.0% — rank 20 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 77% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 87% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 52% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| itstrue | 88% | 93% | 208 | 96 |
| 可以爱你真好 | 87% | 95% | 231 | 77 |
| 旧行李 | 86% | 90% | 166 | 68 |
| idobelieve | 84% | 93% | 124 | 62 |
| 谁 | 84% | 93% | 297 | 99 |
| 你快走开 | 83% | 91% | 245 | 90 |
| 越来越不懂 | 83% | 87% | 277 | 99 |
| 遗书 | 82% | 90% | 228 | 117 |
| 记念 | 81% | 91% | 162 | 86 |
| 当你离开的时候 | 81% | 88% | 264 | 97 |
| lettinggo | 81% | 92% | 267 | 105 |
| 你的温度 | 81% | 91% | 251 | 76 |
| beautifullove | 81% | 91% | 247 | 90 |
| 下次见 | 80% | 92% | 183 | 71 |
| 晨间新闻 | 80% | 87% | 219 | 81 |
| 生锈游乐场 | 79% | 87% | 270 | 107 |
| onlylove | 79% | 91% | 202 | 103 |
| 冲动 | 78% | 87% | 358 | 109 |
| 下一次爱情来的时候 | 78% | 90% | 215 | 83 |
| 好想放假 | 78% | 86% | 178 | 113 |
| 重来 | 78% | 92% | 247 | 71 |
| 空白格 | 78% | 89% | 229 | 63 |
| 默契 | 78% | 88% | 193 | 69 |
| 思念 | 77% | 91% | 198 | 94 |
| 别找我麻烦 | 77% | 88% | 275 | 79 |
| 好无聊 | 77% | 94% | 213 | 86 |
| 白天不懂夜的黑 | 77% | 86% | 165 | 64 |
| 跟你借的幸褔 | 76% | 87% | 121 | 82 |
| truelove | 76% | 92% | 254 | 119 |
| 双栖动物 | 76% | 87% | 248 | 92 |
| 失忆症 | 76% | 84% | 219 | 105 |
| ttime | 75% | 85% | 369 | 216 |
| 在哪里都很好 | 75% | 86% | 176 | 114 |
| 路口 | 74% | 82% | 273 | 98 |
| 被驯服的象 | 74% | 78% | 326 | 108 |
| easycomeeasygo | 74% | 84% | 287 | 156 |
| 我要给世界最悠长的湿吻 | 73% | 82% | 277 | 120 |
| 十万毫升泪水 | 72% | 86% | 231 | 108 |
| 红色高跟鞋 | 72% | 83% | 166 | 68 |
| 呼吸 | 70% | 90% | 271 | 115 |
| 达尔文 | 70% | 80% | 204 | 101 |
| 达尔文ii进化版 | 70% | 79% | 198 | 101 |
| 陌生人 | 70% | 81% | 231 | 90 |
| intothewild | 70% | 81% | 227 | 105 |
| 一分钟追悔 | 70% | 82% | 184 | 90 |
| 坠落 | 69% | 88% | 216 | 116 |
| 抛物线 | 68% | 83% | 262 | 103 |
| 无底洞 | 68% | 81% | 230 | 95 |
| 无所谓 | 68% | 83% | 214 | 62 |
| 半途 | 66% | 77% | 211 | 102 |
| 舞步 | 66% | 85% | 182 | 118 |
| 失语者 | 65% | 76% | 161 | 103 |
| 让浪漫作主 | 64% | 79% | 257 | 136 |
| 停格 | 62% | 75% | 178 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 感慨 | 13.8× | 5 of 54 |
| 相处 | 12.4× | 4 of 54 |
| 走开 | 12.1× | 4 of 54 |
| 温度 | 9.5× | 9 of 54 |
| 认真 | 7.2× | 8 of 54 |
| 孔 | 6.6× | 4 of 54 |
| 伤痕 | 6.4× | 5 of 54 |
| 分手 | 6.4× | 6 of 54 |
| 过程 | 6.4× | 4 of 54 |
| 人类 | 5.5× | 4 of 54 |
| 爱不 | 5.5× | 7 of 54 |
| 满足 | 5.4× | 4 of 54 |
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.
相 24× 雾 19× 寂寞 16× 永恒 13× 眼神 11× 吻 11× 悲 10× 真心 10× 思念 10× 感慨 9× 情 9× 抛 9×
Grammar you will meet
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 69% of songs |
|---|---|
| 了 (aspect/change) | 65% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 52% of songs |
| 把-construction | 41% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 35% of songs |
| 被 (passive) | 35% of songs |
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 31% of songs |
| A不A / A没A (yes-no question) | 26% of songs |