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My Huckleberry Friends with pinyin subtitles
Watch episode 1 of 你好，旧时光 with every line in characters and pinyin.
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How much of My Huckleberry Friends 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.
The words to learn first
The words above HSK 3 that My Huckleberry Friends says most. Add them before you watch, and you’ll hear every one.
Learn these 5 and you’d follow 79%
- 主任zhǔ rèndirector; head; chief
- 理科lǐ kēnatural sciences (as a school subject); science track
- 就是jiù shìexactly; precisely; is (emphatic)
- 表biǎowatch; meter
- 竞赛jìng sàicompetition; contest; race
Is My Huckleberry Friends good for learning Chinese?
My Huckleberry Friends (你好，旧时光) is a 2017 drama of 30 episodes. Words from HSK 1 to 4 are 83% of what its characters say, number 6 of the 17 dramas we counted, easiest first, and its lines run at about 5.3 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 My Huckleberry Friends?
At HSK 3 you’d know 77% of the words it says, at HSK 4 83%, at HSK 5 88% and at HSK 6 91%. 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 My Huckleberry Friends 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
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). My Huckleberry Friends belongs to its makers and plays here only as its channel published it.