许嵩 (Vae) — how hard are the lyrics?
Based on 66 songs (21,589 words of Chinese) analyzed against HSK 3.0.
| Typical song: share of words in HSK 1-3 | 67.6% — rank 119 of 152 (full leaderboard) |
|---|---|
| Typical song at HSK 3 | you would already know about 68% of the words |
| Typical song at HSK 5 | about 78% |
| Songs with a chengyu | 71% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 我的baby | 83% | 92% | 292 | 68 |
| 坏孩子 | 83% | 93% | 239 | 71 |
| 散场电影 | 82% | 90% | 203 | 76 |
| 城府 | 80% | 88% | 318 | 136 |
| 多余的解释 | 79% | 93% | 450 | 129 |
| 天使 | 78% | 82% | 283 | 99 |
| 有何不可 | 77% | 88% | 374 | 109 |
| 认错 | 77% | 86% | 324 | 80 |
| 医生 | 76% | 90% | 275 | 81 |
| 我想牵着你的手 | 76% | 84% | 367 | 145 |
| 我很喜欢 | 76% | 84% | 312 | 93 |
| 爱情里的眼泪 | 75% | 86% | 228 | 76 |
| 星座书上 | 75% | 85% | 280 | 97 |
| 幻听 | 75% | 86% | 288 | 117 |
| 全球变冷 | 74% | 85% | 336 | 108 |
| 素颜 | 73% | 83% | 430 | 143 |
| 你若成风 | 73% | 79% | 447 | 181 |
| 拆东墙 | 73% | 86% | 443 | 160 |
| 灰色头像 | 72% | 88% | 319 | 126 |
| 前程似锦 | 72% | 82% | 277 | 112 |
| 浅唱 | 71% | 86% | 269 | 102 |
| 留香 | 71% | 81% | 299 | 109 |
| 摄影艺术 | 70% | 83% | 437 | 189 |
| 没想到 | 70% | 78% | 423 | 265 |
| 河山大好 | 70% | 78% | 336 | 128 |
| 心安之地 | 69% | 81% | 264 | 145 |
| 温泉 | 69% | 79% | 420 | 139 |
| 看不见的风景 | 69% | 78% | 248 | 76 |
| 我乐意 | 68% | 77% | 448 | 138 |
| 叹服 | 68% | 82% | 349 | 107 |
| 玫瑰花的葬礼 | 68% | 78% | 401 | 151 |
| 合拍 | 68% | 76% | 372 | 80 |
| 最佳歌手 | 68% | 78% | 339 | 186 |
| 安琪 | 67% | 83% | 265 | 81 |
| 如果当时2020 | 67% | 74% | 313 | 115 |
| 安徒生不后悔 | 67% | 77% | 734 | 392 |
| 如果当时 | 67% | 74% | 339 | 104 |
| 渲染离别 | 66% | 78% | 366 | 168 |
| 雅俗共赏 | 66% | 81% | 349 | 168 |
| 英国情人 | 66% | 73% | 398 | 101 |
| 忽略不计 | 66% | 73% | 305 | 160 |
| 庐州月 | 66% | 79% | 347 | 104 |
| 南山忆 | 65% | 75% | 222 | 112 |
| 尘世美 | 64% | 74% | 385 | 120 |
| 粉色信笺 | 64% | 75% | 392 | 111 |
| 想象之中 | 63% | 79% | 274 | 92 |
| 七号公园 | 62% | 78% | 272 | 138 |
| 老歌 | 62% | 78% | 257 | 137 |
| 乌鸦 | 61% | 71% | 347 | 150 |
| 清明雨上 | 60% | 75% | 234 | 119 |
| 洛阳纸 | 60% | 72% | 298 | 142 |
| 燕归巢 | 60% | 68% | 272 | 134 |
| 出雨林记 | 59% | 71% | 286 | 148 |
| 内线 | 59% | 75% | 327 | 122 |
| 断桥残雪 | 58% | 69% | 212 | 91 |
| 如约而至 | 58% | 71% | 245 | 99 |
| 粗糙 | 58% | 70% | 359 | 102 |
| 千古 | 58% | 66% | 212 | 93 |
| 皮下 | 58% | 74% | 339 | 125 |
| 秋千坠 | 58% | 66% | 499 | 243 |
| 千百度 | 56% | 70% | 206 | 88 |
| 半城烟沙 | 55% | 65% | 284 | 123 |
| 天龙八部之宿敌 | 53% | 66% | 261 | 128 |
| 山水之间 | 51% | 66% | 253 | 160 |
| 惊鸿一面 | 51% | 62% | 342 | 126 |
| 一见如故 | 47% | 59% | 305 | 112 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 流转 | 22.0× | 6 of 66 |
| 当年 | 20.3× | 9 of 66 |
| 晓 | 12.4× | 5 of 66 |
| 添 | 11.8× | 5 of 66 |
| 迟 | 9.7× | 5 of 66 |
| 泛 | 7.8× | 6 of 66 |
| 紫 | 7.7× | 5 of 66 |
| 茶 | 7.0× | 5 of 66 |
| 言 | 6.7× | 9 of 66 |
| 古 | 6.5× | 7 of 66 |
| 桥 | 6.3× | 7 of 66 |
| 反 | 6.2× | 10 of 66 |
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.
飘 98× 情 30× 星 28× 温柔 21× 身 21× 粗糙 20× 感 19× 寻 18× 幻 18× 乐意 18× 英 18× 粉 17×
Grammar you will meet
| 了 (aspect/change) | 76% of songs |
|---|---|
| AA reduplication (看看, 慢慢) | 67% of songs |
| 着 (continuous aspect) | 59% of songs |
| 过 (experiential aspect) | 41% of songs |
| potential complement (V得/不+C: 听不懂, 睡不着) | 30% of songs |
| 把-construction | 29% of songs |
| 更/最 (degree adverbs) | 23% of songs |
| A不A / A没A (yes-no question) | 23% of songs |