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·HSK 2May 12

Barcelona (football club)
Bāsàiluónà
巴塞罗那
2 to 0
2 bǐ 0
2比0
to defeat / to beat
jíbài
击败
Real Madrid
Huángjiā Mǎdélǐ
皇家马德里
，
to win / to clinch
duódé
夺得
La Liga (Spanish football league)
Xījiǎ
西甲
championship / title
guànjūn
冠军
。

Barcelona (football club)

El Clasico (the national derby)

guójiā débǐ

in the middle of / during

with a score of

Huángjiā Mǎdélǐ

皇家马德里

to win / to clinch

championship / title

HSK 2May 9

Brazil
Bāxī
巴西
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
May 11th
5 yuè 11 rì
5月11日
starting from / beginning
qǐ
起
for / toward
duì
对
Chinese
Zhōngguó
中国
citizens
gōngmín
公民
visa-free
miǎnqiān
免签
。

from / starting from

to begin / starting

holding (a document)

ordinary / regular

(attributive particle)

can / are allowed to

to enter the country

each time / per visit

at most / up to

to stay / to remain

HSK 4May 8

Paris Saint-Germain (football club)
Bālí Shèngrì Ěrmàn
巴黎圣日耳曼
versus / and
yǔ
与
Arsenal (football club)
Āsēnnà
阿森纳
will (future marker)
jiāng
将
in / at
zài
在
Budapest (capital of Hungary)
Bùdápèisī
布达佩斯
to compete for / to contest
zhēngduó
争夺
UEFA Champions League
ōuguān
欧冠
championship / title
guànjūn
冠军
。

Paris Saint-Germain (football club)

Bālí Shèngrì Ěrmàn

巴黎圣日耳曼

Arsenal (football club)

will (at a time)

Budapest (capital of Hungary)

structural particle

Puskás Aréna (stadium in Budapest)

Pǔsīkǎshí Tǐyùchǎng

普斯卡什体育场

to take place / to carry out

UEFA Champions League

Ōuzhōu Guànjūn Liánsài

欧洲冠军联赛

final / championship match

HSK 3May 6

May Day / May 1st holiday
Wǔyī
五一
holiday / vacation
jiàqī
假期
during / throughout
qījiān
期间
，
foreigners / foreign nationals
wàiguórén
外国人
visa-free
miǎnqiān
免签
to enter the country
rùjìng
入境
China
Zhōngguó
中国
more than / exceeding
chāoguò
超过
436,000
43.6 wàn
43.6万
person-trips / visits
rén cì
人次
。

National Immigration Administration

Guójiā Yímín Guǎnlǐjú

国家移民管理局

data / statistics

to show / to indicate

May Day holiday

holiday / vacation

to enter the country

more than / exceeding

year-on-year / compared with the same period

to grow / growth

HSK 4May 6

research / study
yánjiū
研究
to find / to discover
fāxiàn
发现
Greenland
Gélínglán
格陵兰
ice sheet
bīng gài
冰盖
extreme
jíduān
极端
melting / to melt
rónghuà
融化
events / incidents
shìjiàn
事件
since 1990
zì 1990 nián
自1990年
since / from (a point in time)
yǐlái
以来
to surge / to increase sharply
jīzēng
激增
sixfold / six times
liù bèi
六倍
。

Nature (science journal)

under / affiliated with

sub-journal / affiliated journal

(possessive / modifying particle)

a (measure word for studies/items)

new study / new research

to show / to indicate

(possessive / modifying particle)

melting / to melt

events / incidents

since / from (a point in time)

has increased by

sixfold / six times

HSK 5May 6

cruise ship
yóulún
游轮
hantavirus
Hǎntǎn bìngdú
汉坦病毒
disease outbreak / epidemic
yìqíng
疫情
has resulted in / has caused
yǐ zhì
已致
3 people
3 rén
3人
death / to die
sǐwáng
死亡
，
vessel / ship
chuánzhī
船只
to anchor / to moor
tíngbó
停泊
at / in
zài
Cabo Verde / Cape Verde
Fódékǎo
佛得角
nearby / in the vicinity of
fùjìn
附近
。

one (measure word for ships)

carrying / with on board

147 (measure word for people)

passengers / travelers

(possessive particle)

currently / at present

to anchor / to moor

Cabo Verde / Cape Verde

coast / coastline

nearby / in the vicinity of

before this / previously

on board / aboard the ship

to break out / to erupt (of disease)

Hǎntǎn bìngdú

disease outbreak

to cause / to result in

HSK 3May 6

cruise ship
yóulún
邮轮
to break out / to erupt
bàofā
爆发
hantavirus
Hàntǎn bìngdú
汉坦病毒
epidemic / outbreak
yìqíng
疫情
，
three people
sān rén
三人
death / fatalities
sǐwáng
死亡
。

one (measure word for ships)

MV Hondius (cruise ship name)

Hóngdíwūsī Hào

洪迪乌斯号

structural particle

Cape Verde (island nation)

nearby / in the vicinity of

to break out / an outbreak

Hàntǎn bìngdú

epidemic / outbreak

has resulted in / has caused

death / fatalities

HSK 4May 5

40,000 people
sì wàn rén
四万人
to pour into / to swarm into
yǒngrù
涌入
France
Fǎguó
法国
military
jūnshì
军事
firing range
bǎchǎng
靶场
to attend / to participate in
cānjiā
参加
illegal / unlawful
fēifǎ
非法
rave party
kuánghuān pàiduì
狂欢派对
。

approximately 40,000

yuē sì wàn míng

participants / attendees

to pour into / to swarm into

Bourges (city in France)

nearby / in the vicinity of

a / one (location)

military firing range

jūnshì bǎchǎng

to hold / to host

techno rave / electronic music party

diànyīn pàiduì

to state / noting

to contain / to have

unexploded ordnance

wèibào dànyào

extremely dangerous

jíwéi wēixiǎn

HSK 3May 4

United States
Měiguó
美国
gasoline / petrol
qìyóu
汽油
average price
jūnjià
均价
to rise to
shēng zhì
升至
per gallon
měi jiālún
每加仑
$4.46 USD
4.46 měiyuán
4.46美元
，
possibly / or
huò
或
to approach / to draw close to
bījìn
逼近
historical
lìshǐ
历史
highest / record high
zuìgāo
最高
。

due to / affected by

Strait of Hormuz

Huòěrmùzī Hǎixiá

霍尔木兹海峡

impact / effect

nationwide / across the country

far higher than

structural particle

HSK 4May 3

the Atlantic Ocean
Dàxīyáng
大西洋
cruise ship
yóulún
游轮
suspected emergence of / reportedly breaks out
yí xiàn
疑现
hantavirus
Hàntǎn bìngdú
汉坦病毒
outbreak / epidemic
yìqíng
疫情
，
three people
sān rén
三人
death / to die
sǐwáng
死亡
。

World Health Organization / WHO

Shìjiè Wèishēng Zǔzhī

世界卫生组织

to report / report

to state / to say

the Atlantic Ocean

to sail / sailing

(possessive particle)

expedition / adventure

MV Hondius (ship name)

Hóng Dí Wū Sī Hào

洪迪乌斯号

passenger / passengers

suspected due to

to be infected / infection

Hàntǎn bìngdú

currently / at present

(passive construction marker)

to consider / to believe

to be infected / infection

World Health Organization / WHO (abbreviated)

Shìwèi Zǔzhī

currently / in the process of

various countries / multiple nations

to carry out / to launch

urgent / emergency

evacuation / to evacuate