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·HSK 4May 17

Canada
Jiānádà
加拿大
the first batch
shǒu pī
首批
China
Zhōngguó
中国
produced in / made in
chǎn
产
electric vehicle
diàndòng chē
电动车
to arrive
dǐdá
抵达
，
Lotus (car brand)
Lùtèsī
路特斯
to open up
dǎkāi
打开
emerging / new
xīnxīng
新兴
market
shìchǎng
市场
。

based on / according to

jīnnián yī yuè

to sign (an agreement)

(possessive/descriptive particle)

Geely (automaker)

under the brand / subsidiary

Lotus (car brand)

to be the first to

(measure word for vehicles)

Eletre (Lotus SUV model)

SUV (sport utility vehicle)

HSK 2May 16

Starbucks (coffee chain)
Xīngbākè
星巴克
to lay off workers / layoffs
cáiyuán
裁员
300 people
300 rén
300人
and / also
bìng
并
to close / to shut down
guānbì
关闭
several / multiple
duō gè
多个
regional
qūyù
区域
office
bàngōngshì
办公室
。

Starbucks (coffee chain)

to cut / to reduce

approximately 300 (people)

the United States

employees / staff

at the same time / simultaneously

to close / to shut down

several / multiple

HSK 5May 16

China
Zhōngguó
中国
April
4 yuè
4月
newly added / net new
xīnzēng
新增
loans
dàikuǎn
贷款
unexpectedly
yìwài
意外
to turn negative / to contract
zhuǎn fù
转负
，
credit
xìndài
信贷
demand
xūqiú
需求
sluggish / depressed
dīmí
低迷
。

newly added / net new

Chinese yuan (currency)

to shrink / to contract

negative 10 billion yuan

fù 100 yì yuán

expectations / forecast

structural particle

positive 300 billion yuan

zhèng 3000 yì yuán

HSK 2May 15

China
Zhōngguó
中国
to agree
tóngyì
同意
to purchase / to buy
gòumǎi
购买
200 (measure word for aircraft)
200 jià
200架
Boeing (aircraft company)
Bōyīn
波音
airplane / aircraft
fēijī
飞机
。

Trump (US president)

200 (measure word for aircraft)

Boeing (aircraft company)

airplane / aircraft

HSK 4May 15

JPMorgan Chase (US bank)
Mógēn Dàtōng
摩根大通
will / to (future action)
jiāng
将
artificial intelligence
rén'gōng zhìnéng
人工智能
investment / to invest
tóuzī
投资
to classify as / to designate as
lièwéi
列为
core / central
héxīn
核心
infrastructure
jīchǔ shèshī
基础设施
，
annual / yearly
niándù
年度
technology
kējì
科技
budget
yùsuàn
预算
close to / approaching
jìn
近
$20 billion
200 yì měiyuán
200亿美元
。

JPMorgan Chase (US bank)

Mógēn Dàtōng

to announce / to declare

will / to (future action)

artificial intelligence

rén'gōng zhìnéng

expenditure / spending

again / anew / re-

to classify / to categorize

jīchǔ shèshī

to regard as / to treat as

experimental / trial

investment / to put into

HSK 3May 15

the United States
Měiguó
美国
April / the 4th month
4 yuè
4月
inflation rate
tōnghuò péngzhàng lǜ
通货膨胀率
to rise to / to climb to
shēng zhì
升至
3.8 percent
3.8%
3.8%
，
to set (a record)
chuàng
创
in three years / over the past three years
sān nián lái
三年来
new high
xīn gāo
新高
。

the United States

Department of Labor

to announce / to publish

April / the 4th month

commodity prices / prices of goods

year-on-year / compared to the same period last year

to rise / to increase

HSK 6May 15

the United States
Měiguó
美国
April / the 4th month
4 yuè
4月
producer / manufacturer
shēngchǎnzhě
生产者
price
jiàgé
价格
index
zhǐshù
指数
year-on-year
tóngbǐ
同比
to soar / to surge dramatically
biāoshēng
飙升
6 percent
6%
6%
，
to set (a record)
chuàng
创
end of 2022
2022 nián dǐ
2022年底
since (a point in time)
yǐlái
以来
largest / greatest
zuì dà
最大
increase / magnitude of rise
zhǎngfú
涨幅
。

the United States

April / the 4th month

Producer Price Index (PPI)

shēngchǎnzhě jiàgé zhǐshù

生产者价格指数

month-on-month / compared to the previous month

to rise / to increase

far exceeding / well above

expectation / forecast

HSK 3May 14

SpaceX (rocket and space company)
SpaceX
SpaceX
to apply for / to file for
shēnqǐng
申请
to go public / stock market listing
shàngshì
上市
，
valuation / estimated value
gūzhí
估值
to reach / to amount to
dá
达
$1.75 trillion USD
1.75 wànyì měiyuán
1.75万亿美元
。

SpaceX (rocket and space company)

already / has (completed action marker)

confidentially / secretly

the United States

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Zhèngquàn Jiāoyì Wěiyuánhuì

证券交易委员会

to submit / to file

IPO / stock market listing

application / filing

to be / is (equal to)

$1.75 trillion USD

1.75 wànyì měiyuán

1.75万亿美元

likely to / expected to

in history / historically

largest / greatest

possessive / structural particle

initial public offering (IPO)

shǒucì gōngkāi mùgǔ

首次公开募股

HSK 5May 14

the Senate / upper chamber of Congress
cānyìyuàn
参议院
by (a vote of) / with
yǐ
以
54 votes to 45 votes
54 piào duì 45 piào
54票对45票
to confirm / to approve
quèrèn
确认
Warsh (surname, Kevin Warsh)
Wòshí
沃什
to take up the post of / to serve as
chūrèn
出任
the Federal Reserve
Měilián chǔ
美联储
chairman / chair
zhǔxí
主席
。

the United States

54 votes to 45 votes

54 piào duì 45 piào

to confirm / to approve

Kevin Warsh (nominee for Fed chair)

Kǎiwén Wòshí

to serve as / to hold the position of

the Federal Reserve

chairman / chair

this time / on this occasion

this / the said

position / post

in history / historically

partisan / political party

division / disagreement

greatest / largest

possessive / structural particle

one time / one instance

HSK 5May 13

copper price
tóngjià
铜价
to break through / to surpass
tūpò
突破
per tonne
měi dūn
每吨
$14,000
14000 měiyuán
14000美元
，
to set (a record)
chuàng xià
创下
historical
lìshǐ
历史
new high / all-time record
xīn gāo
新高
。

London Metal Exchange

Lúndūn Jīnshǔ Jiāoyìsuǒ

伦敦金属交易所

to break through

14000 měiyuán

artificial intelligence

rénGōng zhìnéng

jīchǔ shèshī

to surge / sharp increase

together / jointly

to drive / to push