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Johnny Chinese

Its videos run from 17 to 44 on a 0–100 scale, with a median of 26. That is a comparatively tight 27-point spread, so what you land on is fairly predictable. 2 of its 18 scored videos pass 40. 100% carry human-written subtitles rather than auto-generated ones.

18
videos scored
26
median difficulty
1744
full range
4 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

Learn Chinese in Shanghai | Street Vlog with Real Conversations | Comprehensible Input 可理解性输入学中文
score 44HSK3-HSK7+~30,000 words8 minmedium
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How Much Do Movers ACTUALLY Earn in China?(My First Documentary Short)
score 41HSK3-HSK6~30,000 words8 minmedium
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I Found a Secret in This 1000-Year-Old Temple | Comprehensible Input Chinese
score 36HSK4-HSK7+~26,000 words10 minmedium
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How Do Chinese People Spend Their Weekends | Comprehensible Input Chinese
score 32HSK3-HSK7+~17,000 words15 minmedium
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Learn Chinese at the Airport | 10 Real-Life Phrases for Travel
score 30HSK3-HSK6~21,000 words8 minmedium
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Want to cook Chinese food? 10 simple Chinese kitchen phrases you need 可理解性输入学中文(中国菜)
score 29HSK3-HSK7+~30,000 words11 minmedium
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Explore Beijing with Me | Learn Real-life Chinese on a Trip
score 29HSK5-HSK7+~30,000 words11 minmedium
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Learn Chinese in a Restaurant | Comprehensible Input 可理解性输入学中文很简单(餐厅)
score 27HSK3-HSK7+~25,000 words18 minmedium
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Learn Chinese in the Park | Comprehensible Input 可理解性输入学中文很简单(公园)
score 26HSK3-HSK7+~26,000 words20 minmedium
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Traveling to China? MUST-KNOW Hotel TIPS in Chinese
score 26HSK3-HSK7+~25,000 words10 minmedium
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