# 2 Timothy in Chinese — vocabulary profile

> 2 Timothy uses 569 distinct Chinese characters and 615 distinct words across 2,280 characters and 83 verses of the Chinese Union Version (和合本, simplified). 58.8% of its word tokens are HSK 1-3, ranking it 35th of 66 books from easiest to hardest by that measure.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Chapters | 4 |
| Verses | 83 |
| Chinese characters | 2,280 |
| Distinct characters | 569 |
| Word tokens | 1,635 |
| Distinct words | 615 |
| Average verse | 27 characters |
| HSK 1-3 word tokens | 58.8% |
| HSK 1-6 word tokens | 70.2% |
| Not in HSK 1-9 | 20.9% |
| Difficulty rank | 35 of 66 (1 = easiest) |
| Reading time | 9 min at 260 chars/min |
| Testament | New Testament |

## Most frequent words in this book

| # | Word | Occurrences |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 人 | 31 |
| 2 | 要 | 23 |
| 3 | 神 | 16 |
| 4 | 主 | 16 |
| 5 | 基督 | 13 |
| 6 | 有 | 13 |
| 7 | 必 | 13 |
| 8 | 耶稣 | 12 |
| 9 | 作 | 8 |
| 10 | 给 | 7 |
| 11 | 地 | 7 |
| 12 | 按 | 7 |
| 13 | 已经 | 7 |
| 14 | 知道 | 7 |
| 15 | 来 | 7 |
| 16 | 愿 | 6 |
| 17 | 叫 | 6 |
| 18 | 信 | 6 |
| 19 | 使 | 6 |
| 20 | 福音 | 6 |
| 21 | 去 | 6 |
| 22 | 不能 | 6 |
| 23 | 面前 | 6 |
| 24 | 真道 | 6 |
| 25 | 用 | 5 |
| 26 | 赐给 | 5 |
| 27 | 心 | 5 |
| 28 | 同 | 5 |
| 29 | 然而 | 5 |
| 30 | 凡 | 5 |
| 31 | 若 | 5 |
| 32 | 得 | 5 |
| 33 | 说 | 5 |
| 34 | 忍耐 | 5 |
| 35 | 事 | 5 |
| 36 | 心里 | 4 |
| 37 | 罗 | 4 |
| 38 | 耻 | 4 |
| 39 | 总要 | 4 |
| 40 | 传道 | 4 |
| 41 | 苦难 | 4 |
| 42 | 能 | 4 |
| 43 | 道 | 4 |
| 44 | 尼 | 4 |
| 45 | 教训 | 4 |
| 46 | 的话 | 4 |
| 47 | 越 | 4 |
| 48 | 各样 | 4 |
| 49 | 爱 | 4 |
| 50 | 敌 | 4 |

## Chapters, easiest first

| Chapter | HSK 1-3 | Verses | Characters |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 Timothy 4 | 61.2% | 22 | 600 |
| 2 Timothy 1 | 59.5% | 18 | 566 |
| 2 Timothy 3 | 57.5% | 17 | 443 |
| 2 Timothy 2 | 57% | 26 | 671 |

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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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