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title: "Hikaru no Go (棋魂) with Pinyin Subtitles, Free | Mandarin The Wild"
description: "Watch episode 1 of Hikaru no Go (棋魂) from its official channel with every line in characters and tone-coloured pinyin, lit as it is spoken. HSK 1–4 words are 80% of what it says: see your level’s share and the words to learn first. Free, no sign-up."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas/hikaru-no-go"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# Hikaru no Go with pinyin subtitles

Watch episode 1 of 棋魂 with every line in characters and pinyin.

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The next episode is on YouTube. Get these lines under it.Tap any word as it plays, and keep the ones you want. [Add to Chrome](https://mandarinthewild.com/go/chrome?from=%2Fchinese-dramas%2Fhikaru-no-go) [Open in the reader](https://mandarinthewild.com/read?watch=tARIJSXE4HY&pinyin=1)

## How much of Hikaru no Go would you understand?

The share of the words it says that are at your HSK level or below. Pick your level for a line from it and the words that take you furthest.

1. [HSK 154%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-1?drama=hikaru-no-go#match)
2. [HSK 264%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-2?drama=hikaru-no-go#match)
3. [HSK 372%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-3?drama=hikaru-no-go#match)
4. [HSK 480%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-4?drama=hikaru-no-go#match)
5. [HSK 584%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-5?drama=hikaru-no-go#match)
6. [HSK 689%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-6?drama=hikaru-no-go#match)
7. [HSK 7–992%](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level/hsk-7-9?drama=hikaru-no-go#match)

## The words to learn first

The words above HSK 3 that Hikaru no Go says most. Add them before you watch, and you’ll hear every one.

### Learn these 7 and you’d follow 74%

1. [围棋wéi qígo (board game); weiqi](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%9B%B4%E6%A3%8B)
2. [之zhīof (formal/written 的)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B9%8B)
3. [局júgame; round; set (as in 一局棋)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B1%80)
4. [留liúto keep; to retain](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%95%99)
5. [赶紧gǎn jǐnquickly; hurry (and …); without delay](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%B5%B6%E7%B4%A7)
6. [输shūto lose; to be defeated](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%BE%93)
7. [将jiāngwill; going to](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%B0%86)

[Print as flashcards](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-flashcards?level=mine&words=%E5%9B%B4%E6%A3%8B%20%E4%B9%8B%20%E5%B1%80%20%E7%95%99%20%E8%B5%B6%E7%B4%A7%20%E8%BE%93%20%E5%B0%86)

## Is Hikaru no Go good for learning Chinese?

Hikaru no Go (棋魂) is a 2020 drama of 36 episodes. Words from HSK 1 to 4 are 80% of what its characters say, number 10 of the 17 dramas we counted, easiest first, and its lines run at about 3.8 characters a second. Watch episode 1 above with pinyin, tap any line you missed to hear it again, then watch it once more without looking.

## What HSK level do I need to watch Hikaru no Go?

At HSK 3 you’d know 72% of the words it says, at HSK 4 80%, at HSK 5 84% and at HSK 6 89%. Following a story with ease takes knowing about 95 to 98% of its words (Nation 2006), so below that, watch with the Chinese lines, their pinyin and a meaning for any word you don’t know, as this page gives you.

## Where can I watch Hikaru no Go free?

Episode 1 plays above, free, from 爱奇艺华语剧场, the official channel that put the show on YouTube. On YouTube itself, turn its Chinese subtitles on with CC, then Chinese.

## How do I get pinyin on the other episodes?

Add the Mandarin The Wild extension to Chrome: every Chinese video on YouTube gets its line under the player with pinyin over each word, and a card with the meaning of any word you point at.

## Where do the lines and the pinyin come from?

The lines are the show’s own Chinese subtitles, uploaded by 爱奇艺华语剧场 with the episode. Our reader splits each line into words and gives each word the reading it has in that sentence; a word whose reading isn’t settled stays in characters rather than guess. The level counts are from its first episode, names left out.

## Is it free?

Yes, with no account.

## More to watch

- [Which Chinese dramas can you understand?](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas-by-level)
- [The Knockout (狂飙) with pinyin](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas/the-knockout)
- [Detective Chinatown (唐人街探案) with pinyin](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas/detective-chinatown)
- [The Long Night (沉默的真相) with pinyin](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-dramas/the-long-night)
- [Chinese movies by HSK level](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-movies-by-level)
- [Chinese YouTube videos by level](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-youtube-videos)
- [Peppa Pig in Chinese with pinyin](https://mandarinthewild.com/peppa-pig-chinese)

Episode 1 plays in YouTube’s player from 爱奇艺华语剧场, the show’s official channel. Lines from the show’s own Chinese subtitles; pinyin and counts from our reader, levels from the official HSK list (2025 syllabus). Hikaru no Go belongs to its makers and plays here only as its channel published it.