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·HSK 2May 31

the United States
Měiguó
美国
cattle herd
niúqún
牛群
number / quantity
shùliàng
数量
to drop to / to fall to
jiàngzhì
降至
in 75 years
75 nián lái
75年来
the lowest point
zuì dīdiǎn
最低点
，
beef
niúròu
牛肉
prices
jiàgé
价格
to rise / to increase
shàngzhǎng
上涨
。

the United States

structural particle

number / quantity

completion marker

the least / the fewest

increasingly / more and more

HSK 3May 31

Warsh (surname)
Wòshí
沃什
to take office / to assume post
jiùrèn
就任
the US Federal Reserve
Měi lián chǔ
美联储
chair / chairman
zhǔxí
主席
，
to take over
jiēshǒu
接手
inflation
tōngzhàng
通胀
difficult problem / challenge
nántí
难题
。

Kevin (given name)

Warsh (surname)

on (date marker)

wǔ yuè èrshíèr rì

to be sworn into office

xuānshì jiùzhí

the United States

dì shíqī rèn

US Federal Reserve

Měi lián chǔ

to succeed / to replace

Powell (Jerome Powell, former Fed chair)

to face / to confront

to persist / ongoing

to remain elevated

structural particle

HSK 3May 30

Best Buy (electronics retailer)
Bǎisīmǎi
百思买
first quarter
dì yī jìdù
第一季度
financial results / performance
yèjī
业绩
to exceed / to surpass
chāochū
超出
expectations / forecasts
yùqī
预期
，
stock price
gǔjià
股价
to surge / to rise sharply
dà zhǎng
大涨
。

Best Buy (electronics retailer)

to announce / to release

financial results

89.4 yì měiyuán

to grow / growth

bǎifēnzhī yī diǎn jiǔ

bǎifēnzhī shí

HSK 5May 30

OpenAI (AI research company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
confidentially / in secret
mìmì
秘密
to / toward
xiàng
向
United States
Měiguó
美国
securities
zhèngquàn
证券
Exchange Commission
jiāoyì wěiyuánhuì
交易委员会
to submit / to file
tíjiāo
提交
public listing / IPO
shàngshì
上市
application
shēnqǐng
申请
。

OpenAI (AI research company)

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Měiguó Zhèngquàn Jiāoyì Wěiyuánhuì

美国证券交易委员会

to file / submit

completed action marker

IPO prospectus (S-1)

zhāogǔ shuōmíngshū

招股说明书

the fourth quarter

stock market listing

HSK 2May 30

United States and Iran
Měi Yī
美伊
ceasefire
tínɡhuǒ
停火
news / information
xiāoxi
消息
to come in / to arrive (news)
chuánlái
传来
，
international
ɡuójì
国际
oil price
yóujià
油价
May
5 yuè
5月
to drop sharply / to fall significantly
dàdiē
大跌
17 percent
17%
17%
。

because of / due to

United States and Iran

news / information

to fall / to decline

approximately / about

since (a point in time)

the largest / biggest

(possessive particle)

HSK 4May 29

Snowflake (cloud data company)
Snowflake
Snowflake
quarterly / fiscal quarter
jìdù
季度
revenue / earnings
yínɡshōu
营收
to exceed / to surpass
chāochū
超出
expectations / forecast
yùqī
预期
，
and / also
bìng
并
with
yǔ
与
Amazon
Yàmǎxùn
亚马逊
to sign / to conclude
qiānshǔ
签署
$6 billion
60 yì měiyuán
60亿美元
agreement / deal
xiéyì
协议
。

Snowflake (cloud data company)

to announce / to release

to reach / to achieve

13.9 yì měiyuán

year-on-year / compared with the same period

to grow / growth

bǎifēnzhī sānshísān

at the same time / simultaneously

will / going to

within five years

to invest / to put into

60 yì měiyuán

HSK 2May 29

China
Zhōngguó
中国
April
sì yuè
四月
industrial / industry
gōngyè
工业
profit
lìrùn
利润
to grow / growth
zēngzhǎng
增长
24.7 percent
24.7%
24.7%
。

more than two years

liǎng nián duō

(descriptive particle)

HSK 5May 29

Meta (company name, formerly Facebook)
Meta
Meta
to lay off employees / layoffs
cáiyuán
裁员
8,000 people
bā qiān rén
八千人
，
to accelerate / to speed up
jiāsù
加速
toward / to
xiàng
向
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
business / operations
yèwù
业务
to transform / transformation
zhuǎnxíng
转型
。

Meta (company name)

yú 5 yuè 20 rì

to reduce / to cut

bā qiān míng

employee / staff

accounting for approximately

total headcount

yuángōng zǒngshù

(possessive particle)

this time / this round

the largest in scale

guīmó zuì dà de

规模最大的

aimed at / intended to

will (future marker)

to reallocate / to redistribute

chóngxīn fēnpèi

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

HSK 5May 28

JPMorgan Chase
Mógēn Dàtōng
摩根大通
CEO / chief executive officer
shǒuxí zhíxínggōng
首席执行官
to state / to indicate
biǎoshì
表示
，
bank
yínháng
银行
may / possibly
huò
或
to spend / to invest
chīzī
斥资
$20 billion
200 yì měiyuán
200亿美元
to carry out / to conduct
jìnxíng
进行
acquisition / takeover
shōugòu
收购
。

Mógēn Dàtōng

CEO / chief executive officer

shǒuxí zhíxínggōng

首席执行官

one (measure word for events)

financial / finance

conference / meeting

to state / to indicate

the bank (formal reference)

possibly / potentially

to spend / to invest

up to / as much as

200 yì měiyuán

one (measure word for transactions)

acquisition / takeover

HSK 3May 28

Samsung (company)
Sānxīng
三星
worker / employee
gōngrén
工人
to approve / to ratify
pīzhǔn
批准
salary / wages
xīnzī
薪资
agreement / deal
xiéyì
协议
，
to avoid / to avert
bìmiǎn
避免
strike / work stoppage
bàgōng
罢工
。

Samsung Electronics

Sānxīng Diànzǐ

to pass / to approve

agreement / deal

to end / to conclude

completed action particle

lasting as long as

structural particle

labor-management

dispute / conflict