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Story of Kunning Palace with pinyin subtitles
Watch episode 1 of 宁安如梦 with every line in characters and pinyin.
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How much of Story of Kunning Palace 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 Story of Kunning Palace says most. Add them before you watch, and you’ll hear every one.
Learn these 8 and you’d follow 66%
- 姑娘gū nianggirl; young woman
- 之zhīof (formal/written 的)
- 今日jīn rìtoday
- 父亲fù qīnfather
- 就是jiù shìexactly; precisely; is (emphatic)
- 当年dāng niánin those years; back then
- 夫人fū rénwife; madame; Mrs. (polite)
- 母亲mǔ qīnmother
Is Story of Kunning Palace good for learning Chinese?
Story of Kunning Palace (宁安如梦) is a 2023 drama. Words from HSK 1 to 4 are 71% of what its characters say, number 13 of the 17 dramas we counted, easiest first, and its lines run at about 3.9 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 Story of Kunning Palace?
At HSK 3 you’d know 62% of the words it says, at HSK 4 71%, at HSK 5 77% and at HSK 6 81%. 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 Story of Kunning Palace free?
Episode 1 plays above, free, from iQIYI 爱奇艺, 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 iQIYI 爱奇艺 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 iQIYI 爱奇艺, 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). Story of Kunning Palace belongs to its makers and plays here only as its channel published it.