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Chinese Podcast With Shenglan

Its videos run from 14 to 43 on a 0–100 scale, with a median of 31. That is a comparatively tight 29-point spread, so what you land on is fairly predictable. 7 of its 84 scored videos pass 40. 100% carry human-written subtitles rather than auto-generated ones.

84
videos scored
31
median difficulty
1443
full range
27 h
of material
HSK3-HSK7+
vocabulary range

Read the vocabulary range as the channel’s own spread: in three of every four of its videos the vocabulary demand starts at the lower level or above, and stays at the upper one or below. The upper bound is how far the rare words reach, not how hard the speech is — a channel built on one specialised subject carries a high ceiling on perfectly ordinary sentences. For whether you can keep up, read the median difficulty next to it: that one is mostly about how fast people talk.

Where its videos actually sit

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Each bar counts this channel’s videos in one ten-point slice of the scale. A median alone hides that shape, which is why the ranking shows a range rather than a single level. Bars from 40 up are dimmed because the advanced shelf begins at 43 — that is the part of the channel that stops being an easy watch.

Its hardest videos — where the channel stops being easy

[中文播客]What It's Like to Be Both Mongolian and Chinese?|Authentic Chinese Conversation
score 43HSK3-HSK7+~23,000 words1h 31mmedium
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How Luckin Coffee, a company founded in 2017, overtook Starbucks in China|Intermediate Chinese
score 41HSK3-HSK7+~16,000 words18 minmedium
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The best non-fiction for Chinese learners to read in 2023|Intermediate Chinese
score 41HSK3-HSK6~11,000 words8 minfast
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【中文听力】Pre-made Meals in China|i tried pre-made meals for 3 weeks, and here are my thoughts
score 41HSK3-HSK7+~25,000 words8 minmedium
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Chinese vlog: Show you around in a 2nd tier city in China during Chinese New Year 2024
score 40HSK3-HSK6~19,000 words13 minmedium
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How to survive summer in China?|Intermediate Chinese Listening Practice
score 40HSK3-HSK6~20,000 words10 minmedium
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How to survive winter in South China|Intermediate Chinese Listening Practice
score 40HSK3-HSK6~19,000 words7 minmedium
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Buying vs. Renting: What Do Chinese People Prefer?|Intermediate Chinese Podcast
score 39HSK3-HSK7+~12,000 words14 minmedium
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Intermediate Chinese|after living in a 15sqm apartment for a year...
score 39HSK3-HSK6~16,000 words13 minmedium
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China vlog|mid-autumn festival, walk and talk, shopping mall, nice weather
score 38HSK3-HSK5~27,000 words18 minmedium
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These are shown as evidence of the channel’s spread, not as a playlist. To browse what to watch, use the finder on the Chinese page.