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·HSK 3April 17

United Kingdom / British
Yīngguó
英国
autonomous driving / self-driving
zìdòng jiàshǐ
自动驾驶
startup company
chūchuàng gōngsī
初创公司
Wayve (self-driving AI startup)
Wayve
Wayve
to receive / to obtain
huòdé
获得
$60 million
liùqiān wàn měiyuán
六千万美元
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
giant / major player
jùtóu
巨头
joint / combined
liánhé
联合
investment
tóuzī
投资
。

United Kingdom / British

autonomous driving / self-driving

zìdòng jiàshǐ

startup company

chūchuàng gōngsī

Wayve (self-driving AI startup)

to announce / to declare

to close / to complete

liùqiān wàn měiyuán

六千万美元

financing / fundraising

investors / investing parties

including / comprising

AMD (semiconductor company)

Arm (chip architecture company)

Qualcomm (semiconductor company)

funds / capital

will / about to

to advance / to push forward

the company / said company

mapless / without HD maps

artificial intelligence / AI

réngōng zhìnéng

driving / to drive

technology / technique

(possessive/attributive particle)

deployment / to deploy

HSK 2April 16

Bank of America
Měiguó Yínháng
美国银行
first quarter
dì yī jìdù
第一季度
stock / equity
gǔpiào
股票
trading
jiāoyì
交易
revenue / income
shōurù
收入
to grow / growth
zēngzhǎng
增长
30 percent
bǎifēnzhī sānshí
30%
，
to set (a record)
chuàng
创
15 years
shíwǔ nián
15年
best
zuìjiā
最佳
performance / results
yèjī
业绩
。

Bank of America

Měiguó Yínháng

to announce / to release

[completion marker]

results / performance

revenue / income

increased / grew

[completion marker]

bǎifēnzhī sānshí

HSK 4April 16

Hormuz
Huòěrmùzī
霍尔木兹
crisis
wēijī
危机
to trigger / to cause
yǐnfā
引发
Europe
Ōuzhōu
欧洲
aviation fuel / jet fuel
háng yóu
航油
shortage
duǎnquē
短缺
，
multiple / several
duō jiā
多家
airlines
hángkōng gōngsī
航空公司
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
to cancel
qǔxiāo
取消
flights
hángbān
航班
。

due to / because of

Strait of Hormuz

Huòěrmùzī Hǎixiá

霍尔木兹海峡

rose to / climbed to

one time / double

Sīkāndìnàwéiyà

斯堪的纳维亚

the month of April

reserves / stockpile

to maintain / to sustain

yuē shí tiān

HSK 4April 16

jury
péishěn tuán
陪审团
to rule / to determine
cáidìng
裁定
Live Nation (concert company)
Live Nation
Live Nation
and
hé
和
Ticketmaster (ticketing company)
Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster
to constitute / to form
gòuchéng
构成
illegal
fēifǎ
非法
monopoly
lǒngduàn
垄断
。

péishěn tuán

Live Nation (concert company)

under / subsidiary

(structural particle)

Ticketmaster (ticketing company)

yǎnchàng huì

to determine / to find

(passive marker)

to be overcharged

(completion marker)

HSK 5April 16

International Monetary Fund
Guójì Huòbì Jījīn Zǔzhī
国际货币基金组织
to lower (here: action marker)
jiāng
将
2026
2026 nián
2026年
global
quánqiú
全球
economic
jīngjì
经济
growth
zēngzhǎng
增长
forecast / projection
yùcè
预测
to lower / to downgrade
xiàtiáo
下调
to / reaching
zhì
至
3.1 percent
bǎifēnzhī sān diǎn yī
3.1%
。

International Monetary Fund

Guójì Huòbì Jījīn Zǔzhī

国际货币基金组织

to release / to publish

(structural particle)

World Economic Outlook (IMF report)

Shìjiè Jīngjì Zhǎnwàng

《世界经济展望》

bǎifēnzhī sān diǎn yī

Strait of Hormuz

Huòěrmùzī hǎixiá

霍尔木兹海峡

is (passive marker)

cited as / listed as

cause / trigger

HSK 5April 16

Evergrande (Chinese property developer)
Héngdà
恒大
founder
chuàngshǐrén
创始人
Hui Ka Yan (Evergrande founder)
Xǔ Jiāyìn
许家印
regarding / on the matter of
jiù
就
fraud / fraudulent conduct
qīzhà
欺诈
and others / et cetera
děng
等
eight (charges / items)
bā xiàng
八项
criminal charge
zuìmíng
罪名
in / at
zài
在
Shenzhen (city in China)
Shēnzhèn
深圳
to plead guilty / to admit guilt
rèn zuì
认罪
。

Evergrande Group

Héngdà Jítuán

chuàngshǐrén

Hui Ka Yan (Evergrande founder)

at / in (formal preposition)

Shēnzhèn fǎyuàn

regarding / on the matter of

eight (charges)

criminal charges

xíngshì zhǐkòng

to plead guilty

including / to include

fundraising fraud

jízī zhàpiàn

and / as well as

misappropriation of funds

nuóyòng zījīn

court / tribunal

will / going to (future marker)

on a later chosen date

to pronounce judgment / to deliver verdict

HSK 3April 16

Morgan Stanley (US investment bank)
Mógēn Shìdànlì
摩根士丹利
first quarter
yī jìdù
一季度
net revenue
jìng shōurù
净收入
to set / to achieve (a record)
chuàng
创
$20.6 billion
206 yì měiyuán
206亿美元
all-time record / historical record
lìshǐ jìlù
历史纪录
。

Morgan Stanley (US investment bank)

Mógēn Shìdànlì

摩根士丹利

to announce / to release

to reach / to amount to

206 yì měiyuán

to set (a record)

all-time record

wealth management

cáifù guǎnlǐ

department / division

performance / to perform

outstanding / prominent

share price / stock price

subsequently / thereafter

to rise / to go up

bǎi fēn zhī wǔ diǎn sì

HSK 2April 15

Trump
Tèlǎngpǔ
特朗普
to threaten
wēixié
威胁
toward China / against China
duì Huá
对华
to additionally impose
jiāzhēng
加征
50 percent
bǎifēnzhī wǔshí
50%
tariffs
guānshuì
关税
，
cause / reason
yuányīn
原因
is
shì
是
China
Zhōngguó
中国
allegedly / suspected of
yísì
疑似
toward / to
xiàng
向
Iran
Yīlǎng
伊朗
to supply / to deliver
shūsòng
输送
weapons / arms
wǔqì
武器
。

2026 nián sì yuè shísān rì

2026年4月13日

the United States

goods / products

to additionally impose

bǎifēnzhī wǔshí

cause / trigger

claiming / stating

currently / in the process of

to prepare / planning

to provide / to supply

HSK 3April 15

the United States
měiguó
美国
March
sān yuè
3月
inflation
tōngzhàng
通胀
to rise to
shēng zhì
升至
3.3 percent
sān diǎn sān bǎifēnzhī
3.3%
，
energy
néngyuán
能源
price
jiàgé
价格
to skyrocket / to surge
biāoshēng
飙升
is (formal)
wéi
为
main cause / primary driver
zhǔyīn
主因
。

the United States

sì yuè shí rì

to announce / to publish

(modifier particle)

Consumer Price Index (CPI)

xiāofèi zhě wùjià zhǐshù

消费者物价指数

to rise / to increase

sān diǎn sān bǎifēnzhī

far higher than

(modifier particle)

èr diǎn sì bǎifēnzhī

gasoline / petrol

to surge / to rise sharply

èrshíyī diǎn èr bǎifēnzhī

skyrocketing / surge

(modifier particle)

driver / driving force

HSK 3April 15

China
Zhōngguó
中国
March
sānyuè
三月
imports
jìnkǒu
进口
to surge / to increase significantly
dà zēng
大增
，
exports
chūkǒu
出口
growth rate
zēng sù
增速
to fall to / to drop to
jiàng zhì
降至
six months
liù gè yuè
六个月
low point
dīdiǎn
低点
。

the month of March

to grow / to increase

to set (a record)

in more than four years

sì nián duō lái

highest growth margin

zuìgāo zēngfú

only / amounting to just

forecast / expectation

11.84 trillion yuan

11.84 wànyì yuán

Chinese yuan (RMB)