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The Bad Kids with pinyin subtitles
Watch episode 1 of 隐秘的角落 with every line in characters and pinyin.
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How much of The Bad Kids 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 The Bad Kids says most. Add them before you watch, and you’ll hear every one.
Learn these 8 and you’d follow 83%
- 就是jiù shìexactly; precisely; is (emphatic)
- 报警bào jǐngto call the police; to report to the police
- 好好hǎo hǎoperfectly good; in good condition
- 抓zhuāto grab; to seize
- 警告jǐng gàoto warn; warning
- 死sǐto die; dead
- 天才tiān cáitalent; gift
- 公主gōng zhǔprincess
Is The Bad Kids good for learning Chinese?
The Bad Kids (隐秘的角落) is a 2020 drama of 12 episodes. Words from HSK 1 to 4 are 87% of what its characters say, number 1 of the 17 dramas we counted, easiest first, and its lines run at about 5 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 The Bad Kids?
At HSK 3 you’d know 81% of the words it says, at HSK 4 87%, at HSK 5 91% and at HSK 6 93%. 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 The Bad Kids 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). The Bad Kids belongs to its makers and plays here only as its channel published it.