# 1 Thessalonians in Chinese — vocabulary profile

> 1 Thessalonians uses 483 distinct Chinese characters and 534 distinct words across 2,623 characters and 89 verses of the Chinese Union Version (和合本, simplified). 61.9% of its word tokens are HSK 1-3, ranking it 16th of 66 books from easiest to hardest by that measure.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Chapters | 5 |
| Verses | 89 |
| Chinese characters | 2,623 |
| Distinct characters | 483 |
| Word tokens | 1,699 |
| Distinct words | 534 |
| Average verse | 29 characters |
| HSK 1-3 word tokens | 61.9% |
| HSK 1-6 word tokens | 74.5% |
| Not in HSK 1-9 | 18.8% |
| Difficulty rank | 16 of 66 (1 = easiest) |
| Reading time | 10 min at 260 chars/min |
| Testament | New Testament |

## Most frequent words in this book

| # | Word | Occurrences |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 神 | 38 |
| 2 | 主 | 27 |
| 3 | 人 | 24 |
| 4 | 要 | 23 |
| 5 | 弟兄们 | 14 |
| 6 | 耶稣 | 12 |
| 7 | 给 | 10 |
| 8 | 那里 | 9 |
| 9 | 叫 | 9 |
| 10 | 一样 | 9 |
| 11 | 因 | 8 |
| 12 | 地 | 7 |
| 13 | 信心 | 7 |
| 14 | 知道 | 7 |
| 15 | 道 | 7 |
| 16 | 愿 | 6 |
| 17 | 受 | 6 |
| 18 | 福音 | 6 |
| 19 | 怎样 | 6 |
| 20 | 喜乐 | 6 |
| 21 | 作 | 6 |
| 22 | 信 | 6 |
| 23 | 晓得 | 6 |
| 24 | 用 | 6 |
| 25 | 圣洁 | 6 |
| 26 | 必 | 6 |
| 27 | 彼此 | 6 |
| 28 | 耶稣基督 | 5 |
| 29 | 众人 | 5 |
| 30 | 爱 | 5 |
| 31 | 弟兄 | 5 |
| 32 | 已经 | 5 |
| 33 | 就是 | 5 |
| 34 | 基督 | 5 |
| 35 | 有 | 5 |
| 36 | 像 | 5 |
| 37 | 去 | 5 |
| 38 | 事 | 5 |
| 39 | 睡 | 5 |
| 40 | 父 | 4 |
| 41 | 常常 | 4 |
| 42 | 面前 | 4 |
| 43 | 蒙 | 4 |
| 44 | 圣灵 | 4 |
| 45 | 正如 | 4 |
| 46 | 说 | 4 |
| 47 | 降临 | 4 |
| 48 | 乃是 | 4 |
| 49 | 心 | 4 |
| 50 | 如同 | 4 |

## Chapters, easiest first

| Chapter | HSK 1-3 | Verses | Characters |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 Thessalonians 3 | 64.9% | 13 | 418 |
| 1 Thessalonians 1 | 64.5% | 10 | 361 |
| 1 Thessalonians 4 | 64.1% | 18 | 551 |
| 1 Thessalonians 2 | 62.7% | 20 | 698 |
| 1 Thessalonians 5 | 55.1% | 28 | 595 |

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## Method

- Text: 和合本 (Chinese Union Version), simplified script — public domain
- Words: forward maximum matching against CC-CEDICT (this site's own segmentation)
- HSK levels: HSK 3.0 levels from the complete-hsk-vocabulary list; band 7 covers HSK 7-9
- Reading times: 260 characters a minute (an assumption)
- Computed: 2026-09-22

These are reproducible counts over a public-domain text, not a peer-reviewed study. Difficulty ranks are one stated formula, not a validated readability score.


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