Comprehensible input · Chinese

Comprehensible input in Chinese

2,735 videos from 33 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

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1/1005:00Learn Chinese From Zero Series Ep4/Absolute Beginners /Chinese Comprehensible InputHSK1-HSK3 · ~3,000 words · slowTalking China Learning Chinese 说中国学中文

2/1006:39Where Are You? 你在哪里？ | Super Beginner Chinese | Comprehensible InputHSK1-HSK2 · ~16,000 words · slowChinese with Xiaonita

3/1006:31Beginner｜Calendar Talk in Chinese｜the day of the week | date | activities | comprehensible ChineseHSK1-HSK2 · ~16,000 words · slowLazy Chinese - Comprehensible Input

4/1006:48Most basic Chinese Comprehensible Input | SUPER BEGINNERHSK2-HSK3 · ~8,000 words · slowBlabla Chinese - Comprehensible Input

4/1006:48Learn Chinese From Zero Ep 12/Absolute Beginner Chinese Comprehensible InputHSK1-HSK3 · ~13,000 words · slowTalking China Learning Chinese 说中国学中文

4/1007:30你会…吗?Beginner Chinese daily used sentences for shadowing practiceHSK1-HSK4 · ~10,000 words · slowTalking China Learning Chinese 说中国学中文

4/1006:14What is This? Learn Everyday Objects in Chinese | Super Beginner Chinese I Comrehensible InputHSK1-HSK3 · ~15,000 words · slowChinese with Xiaonita

5/1007:29Where did the dog go? (PART 1) | easy story in Chinese - Advanced Beginner Chinese PodcastHSK1-HSK3 · ~8,000 words · slowXiaogua Chinese

6/10019:29171.Time Duration in Chinese | 多长时间 Grammar + Shadowing Practice（HSK2,3,4)HSK2-HSK3 · ~11,000 words · slowStory learning Chinese with Annie

6/1006:01Intermediate | The Story Of Lending Money | Comprehensible Input Chinese | TPRSHSK3-HSK4 · ~10,000 words · slowLazy Chinese - Comprehensible Input

6/1006:13Chinese Speaking Practice for Beginners | Answer These 20 Questions in ChineseHSK1-HSK4 · ~12,000 words · slowChinese with Xiaonita

6/1007:47What's considered TOO polite in China - Chinese Comprehensible Input - Advanced BeginnerHSK2-HSK3 · ~7,000 words · slowXiaogua Chinese

6/1009:11Intermediate | I Rarely Buy Things | Comprehensible Input Chinese | TPRS | Slow Clear ChineseHSK2-HSK3 · ~7,000 words · slowLazy Chinese - Comprehensible Input

6/10012:18Intermediate Chinese/HSK 3 Comprehensible Input/Difference between 想xiǎng /要yào/想要xiǎng yàoHSK1-HSK3 · ~13,000 words · slowTalking China Learning Chinese 说中国学中文

6/1005:29Beginner | I Received A Weird Phone Call | Student Story | Comprehensible Chinese | TPRSHSK1-HSK3 · ~4,000 words · slowLazy Chinese - Comprehensible Input

7/1007:14Beginner HSK 2 Chinese Sentence Shadowing /越来越...More and More SentencesHSK3-HSK4 · ~12,000 words · slowTalking China Learning Chinese 说中国学中文

7/1009:31Do I regret being a minimalist? - Chinese comprehensible input - Advanced BeginnerHSK2-HSK4 · ~10,000 words · slowXiaogua Chinese

7/1009:26Happiest Year of My Life - Low Beginner - Easy MandarinHSK2-HSK4 · ~3,000 words · slowJun - Stickynote Chinese

7/10017:18HSK 3 Chinese Listening Comprehensible Input/ How to Describe unknown stuff with 东西vs事情HSK2-HSK4 · ~4,000 words · slowTalking China Learning Chinese 说中国学中文

7/1006:34I felt a little unsafe that night | BEGINNERHSK2-HSK3 · ~9,000 words · slowBlabla Chinese - Comprehensible Input

7/10027:50We Guessed Each Other’s Dream Life - Chinese Comprehensible Input - Lower IntermediateHSK2-HSK4 · ~7,000 words · slowXiaogua Chinese

7/1007:00Chinese for beginners: The Old Man Lost His Horse - Advanced Beginner Chinese PodcastHSK3-HSK4 · ~5,000 words · slowXiaogua Chinese

7/10011:072. Delivery is part of daily life in China | SUPER BEGINNER Series - China, EverydayHSK2-HSK3 · ~15,000 words · slowBlabla Chinese - Comprehensible Input

8/1008:04How to use “的时候de shíhòu” in Chinese | easy Chinese story | comprehensible input ChineseHSK2-HSK4 · ~15,000 words · slowLazy Chinese - Comprehensible Input

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Ranked by median difficulty, easiest first. The bar is a range, not a label — a channel typically spans a wide stretch of the scale, so one level would be false for its own hardest videos.

#	Channel	Level range (0–100)	Median	Vocabulary range	Pace	Videos	Hours
1	Chinese with Xiaonita	2–25	13	HSK2-HSK7+	slow	40	7 h
2	Talking China Learning Chinese 说中国学中文	1–19	14	HSK3-HSK7+	slow	117	36 h
3	Thinking in Chinese 中文思维	10–25	15	HSK3-HSK6	slow	31	15 h
4	大大 Mandarin Chinese	13–27	17	HSK3-HSK7+	slow	21	5 h
5	Story learning Chinese with Annie	6–56	18	HSK3-HSK6	medium	124	47 h
6	Blabla Chinese - Comprehensible Input	4–61	18	HSK3-HSK7+	slow	169	45 h
7	Mandarin with Gisele	12–26	18	HSK4-HSK7+	slow	54	14 h
8	Xiaogua Chinese	5–40	18	HSK2-HSK5	medium	184	57 h
9	jiayouchinese	8–32	18	HSK3-HSK7+	slow	20	4 h
10	Lazy Chinese - Comprehensible Input	3–45	18	HSK3-HSK7+	slow	199	42 h
11	Jun - Stickynote Chinese	7–40	18	HSK3-HSK7+	slow	44	15 h
12	talkinchinese_redred	8–43	19	HSK4-HSK7+	slow	160	50 h
13	SyS Mandarin	14–28	19	HSK4-HSK7+	slow	82	23 h
14	Hello Chinese !	12–27	19	HSK4-HSK7+	medium	169	32 h
15	Emily Chinese	17–36	21	HSK3-HSK7+	medium	8	2 h
16	谭Tan Chinese	15–41	24	HSK3-HSK7+	medium	23	8 h
17	Chinese Mandarin Cherry	15–32	25	HSK3-HSK6	medium	14	3 h
18	Zhangkai Chinese	12–54	25	HSK3-HSK7+	medium	90	18 h
19	Nail Chinese with Stella	13–35	25	HSK3-HSK6	medium	62	24 h
20	Chocolate Chinese Gaming	15–43	25	HSK4-HSK7+	medium	207	123 h
21	Natural Mandarin with Emma	17–39	26	HSK4-HSK7+	medium	34	12 h
22	Johnny Chinese	13–43	26	HSK4-HSK7+	medium	23	5 h
23	Zhen Into Chinese	10–57	27	HSK3-HSK7+	medium	35	8 h
24	Lala Chinese 啦啦的中文课	17–36	28	HSK3-HSK7+	medium	16	3 h
25	Chinese with Mini	17–38	28	HSK4-HSK7+	medium	40	10 h
26	Chinese Podcast With Shenglan	13–43	30	HSK4-HSK6	medium	85	27 h
27	MaomikainChina	18–43	35	HSK4-HSK7+	medium	26	14 h
28	Chloe Chinese Class	11–55	35	HSK3-HSK7+	slow	104	39 h
29	Dashu Mandarin 大叔中文	38–58	51	HSK4-HSK7+	fast	39	29 h
30	Aiden Qiu China	37–72	53	HSK4-HSK7+	fast	41	10 h

The vocabulary range is each channel’s own spread, not a single verdict: in three of every four of its videos the vocabulary starts at the lower level or above and stays at the upper one or below. Its top end tracks how far the rare words reach, so a channel devoted to one subject sits high on it without being hard to follow — the median score is the column that answers that.

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