胡彦斌: Chinese lyrics by HSK level

胡彦斌 (Tiger Hu) — how hard are the lyrics?

Based on 82 songs (22,826 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.

Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3	73.6% — rank 60 of 152 (full leaderboard)
Typical song at HSK 3	you would already know about 74% of the words
Typical song at HSK 5	about 85%
Songs with a chengyu	57%

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
未满18岁	88%	92%	214	71
没那么简单	86%	91%	367	112
再见爱人	85%	95%	317	100
男人ktv	85%	94%	224	80
尴尬	85%	91%	253	62
昨天是你生日	85%	91%	271	82
如果	84%	95%	185	54
想	84%	91%	437	131
音乐让我说爱你	83%	91%	278	88
你记得吗	83%	88%	308	87
life	83%	91%	479	257
我们还会一起走到那里去吗	82%	88%	334	101
我的未来不是梦	82%	93%	265	68
猜	81%	88%	374	103
我们的爱	81%	86%	200	64
愿望	81%	85%	311	88
一万光年	80%	87%	276	120
天黑黑	80%	92%	273	113
爱情总是猜得到开头猜不到结局	79%	88%	346	143
当爱已成往事	79%	87%	343	105
毒药	79%	90%	147	91
一个人两个人	79%	89%	275	94
为你我受冷风吹	78%	87%	268	79
老爸你别装酷	78%	84%	175	105
lisailoveyou	78%	85%	265	94
借口	78%	86%	310	102
有过你	78%	86%	228	64
太阳最红，毛主席最亲	78%	85%	125	34
还魂门	77%	86%	189	59
空位	77%	86%	339	81
原来没关系	77%	85%	208	89
小小的心愿	76%	82%	293	102
干脆点	76%	87%	335	90
伤痕	76%	85%	363	95
玛丽莲梦露	76%	82%	169	80
女人不该让男人流泪	75%	82%	279	84
你要的全拿走	75%	85%	548	147
红颜	75%	83%	190	70
iwannabe	75%	83%	260	76
婚礼进行曲	75%	93%	204	93
无赖	74%	87%	311	108
情不自禁	74%	82%	269	74
透明人	73%	86%	122	92
你真正拥有的只有当下	73%	87%	322	147
此刻唱给你	73%	87%	474	181
makefriend	73%	86%	91	64
目不转睛	72%	82%	198	92
信念	72%	86%	330	83
黑雨	72%	80%	270	112
生死未定	72%	85%	279	124
一笔勾算	71%	81%	354	179
江湖	71%	78%	326	103
onenightinshanghai	71%	81%	333	181
告诉我	71%	84%	218	117
罗马假期	71%	78%	153	93
包袱	70%	87%	288	60
梦	70%	82%	478	216
北京的金山上	70%	76%	175	37
新贵一族	69%	81%	167	117
超时空爱情	69%	79%	381	130
巴黎铁塔	68%	78%	260	91
成长	68%	83%	191	93
无间渡	66%	74%	293	128
你买单还我买单	65%	82%	402	95
潇湘雨	65%	82%	246	68
半生出走	65%	76%	269	124
月光	64%	78%	197	75
对跖点	64%	75%	361	155
鸿门宴	63%	72%	241	121
诀别诗	62%	75%	239	70
天上太阳红彤彤	62%	75%	124	27
滑板	62%	78%	390	135
夜归人	61%	78%	256	108
江湖再见	60%	67%	176	71
笔墨登场	56%	63%	437	231
毛委员和我们在一起	55%	60%	170	51
蝴蝶	54%	65%	257	92
追月	54%	65%	200	82
天生火	54%	62%	312	129
慈悲刃	51%	61%	457	233
和尚	50%	59%	428	173
不是猛龙不过江	47%	59%	156	132

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
沄镔	79.8×	8 of 82
科技	39.9×	10 of 82
邦	34.9×	7 of 82
陆	27.9×	7 of 82
友	14.4×	11 of 82
案	13.3×	9 of 82
传媒	12.7×	10 of 82
北京	7.3×	12 of 82
纪	6.6×	10 of 82
文化	6.5×	13 of 82
剑	6.1×	7 of 82
文	4.2×	10 of 82

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 37× 啰 35× 情 32× 身 27× 借口 21× 之 21× 相 16× 不知 15× 善 15× 天生 15× 望 14× 经 14×

Grammar you will meet

着 (continuous aspect)	63% of songs
了 (aspect/change)	61% of songs
AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢)	33% of songs
过 (experiential aspect)	30% of songs
把-construction	27% of songs
更/最 (degree adverbs)	26% of songs
potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着)	23% of songs
A不A / A没A (yes-no question)	22% of songs