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·HSK 4yesterday

SK (company name)
SK
SK
Hynix (brand name)
Hǎilìshì
海力士
market capitalization
shìzhí
市值
to break through / to surpass
tūpò
突破
one
yī
一
trillion
wànyì
万亿
US dollar
měiyuán
美元
，
to become
chéngwéi
成为
global / worldwide
quánqiú
全球
semiconductor
bàndǎotǐ
半导体
new
xīn
新
giant / major player
jùtóu
巨头
。

chip / semiconductor

SK (company name)

Hynix (brand name)

to surge / to rise sharply

market capitalization

to exceed / to surpass

the company (referring to the one mentioned)

Nvidia (company name)

high-bandwidth memory (HBM)

gāo dàikuān nèicún

高带宽内存

structural particle (possessive / modifier)

gōngyìngshāng

HSK 4yesterday

KPMG (accounting firm)
Bìmǎwēi
毕马威
and / with
yǔ
与
Anthropic (AI company)
Anthropic
Anthropic
to sign (an agreement)
qiānshǔ
签署
global / worldwide
quánqiú
全球
strategy / strategic
zhànlüè
战略
alliance / partnership
liánméng
联盟
，
toward / to
xiàng
向
270,000
27 wàn
27万
employees / staff
yuángōng
员工
to deploy / to roll out
bùshǔ
部署
Claude (AI assistant)
Claude
Claude
。

KPMG (accounting firm)

Anthropic (AI company)

on (a date) / at

to sign (an agreement)

global / worldwide

strategy / strategic

alliance / partnership

will / shall (future marker)

Claude (AI assistant)

to introduce / to bring in

under (a company) / subsidiary

this time / on this occasion

cooperation / collaboration

to cover / to reach

(general classifier)

country / nation

(possessive / modifier particle)

more than (a number of people)

employees / staff

HSK 3last week

Roche (pharmaceutical company)
Luóshì
罗氏
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
to acquire
shōugòu
收购
artificial intelligence
rén gōng zhìnéng
人工智能
pathology
bìnglǐ
病理
company
gōngsī
公司
PathAI (AI pathology company)
PathAI
PathAI
，
deal / transaction
jiāoyì
交易
transaction amount
jīn é
金额
up to / at most
zuìgāo
最高
to reach
dá
达
$1.05 billion
10.5 yì měiyuán
10.5亿美元
。

giant / major player

artificial intelligence

rén gōng zhìnéng

PathAI (AI pathology startup)

upfront payment

7.5 yì měiyuán

up to / at most

10.5 yì měiyuán

HSK 4last week

University of Pennsylvania
Bīnxīfǎníyà Dàxué
宾夕法尼亚大学
researchers
yánjiū rényuán
研究人员
to make use of / to harness
lìyòng
利用
light-matter
guāng wùzhì
光物质
hybrid
hùnhé
混合
particle
lìzǐ
粒子
significantly / by a large margin
dàfú
大幅
to improve / to boost
tíshēng
提升
artificial intelligence
rén gōng zhìnéng
人工智能
computing / calculation
jìsuàn
计算
efficiency
xiàolǜ
效率
。

University of Pennsylvania

Bīnxīfǎníyà Dàxué

宾夕法尼亚大学

wùlǐ xuéjiā

to develop / to create

can / is able to

energy consumption

under (conditions)

to achieve / to realize

artificial intelligence

rén gōng zhìnéng

guāng xìnhào

switching / toggling

with the prospect of / potentially

traditional / conventional

HSK 5last week

Cloudflare (internet infrastructure company)
Cloudflare
Cloudflare
citing / on grounds of
yǐ
以
artificial intelligence
AI
AI
to replace / to supersede
qǔdài
取代
as the reason
wéiyóu
为由
to lay off / workforce reduction
cáiyuán
裁员
more than / over
yú
逾
a thousand people
qiān rén
千人
。

jīchǔ shèshī

Cloudflare (internet infrastructure company)

to cut / to reduce

more than / over

accounting for approximately

headcount / number of people

structural particle

to state / to indicate

internal / inside

artificial intelligence

shǐyòngliàng

within three months

sān gè yuè nèi

to grow / to increase

particle (completed action)

HSK 2last week

AMD (semiconductor company)
AMD
AMD
to announce / to report
gōngbù
公布
quarterly
jìdù
季度
revenue / income
shōurù
收入
to exceed / to surpass
chāoguò
超过
$10 billion
100 yì měiyuán
100亿美元
，
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
demand
xūqiú
需求
strong / robust
wàngshèng
旺盛
。

AMD (semiconductor company)

to reach / to achieve

102.5 yì měiyuán

to grow / growth

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

strong / robust

HSK 4last week

Google
Gǔgē
谷歌
at / in
zài
在
I/O 2026 (developer conference)
I/O 2026
I/O 2026
conference / convention
dàhuì
大会
at (a location/event)
shàng
上
to release / to announce
fābù
发布
Gemini Intelligence (AI feature suite)
Gemini Intelligence
Gemini Intelligence
and / together with
yǔ
与
Android XR (extended reality platform)
Android XR
Android XR
smart glasses
zhìnéng yǎnjìng
智能眼镜
。

developer conference

kāifāzhě dàhuì

开发者大会

to launch / to release

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

feature suite / package

gōngnéng tàojiàn

Gemini Intelligence (AI feature brand)

Gemini Intelligence

Gemini Intelligence

and also / furthermore

to preview / to announce in advance

to be equipped with

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

(structural particle)

Android XR (extended reality OS)

zhìnéng yǎnjìng

HSK 2last week

Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
head / person in charge
fùzérén
负责人
to state / to say
chēng
称
，
white-collar
báilǐng
白领
work / jobs
gōngzuò
工作
will within
jiāng zài
将在
within 18 months
18 ge yuè nèi
18个月内
passive marker
bèi
被
automated
zìdònghuà
自动化
。

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

head / person in charge

Mustafa Suleyman (name)

Mùsītǎfǎ Sūláimàn

穆斯塔法·苏莱曼

most / the majority of

within 18 months

18 ge yuè nèi

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

fully / completely

HSK 4last week

artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
company
gōngsī
公司
Anthropic (AI company)
Anthropic
Anthropic
to complete / to finalize
wánchéng
完成
$30 billion
300 yì měiyuán
300亿美元
fundraising / financing
róngzī
融资
，
valuation
gūzhí
估值
to reach / to achieve
dádào
达到
$900 billion
9000 yì měiyuán
9000亿美元
。

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

startup company

chūchuàng gōngsī

Anthropic (AI company)

currently / in the process of

300 yì měiyuán

structural particle

approaching / close to

9000 yì měiyuán

to surpass / exceeding

competitor / rival

jìngzhēng duìshǒu

OpenAI (AI company)

HSK 2last week

Google
Gǔgē
谷歌
I/O (Google annual developer conference)
I/O
IO
2026
2026
2026
developer / developers
kāifāzhě
开发者
conference / congress
dàhuì
大会
tomorrow
míngrì
明日
to open / to begin
kāimù
开幕
，
new
xīn
新
Gemini (Google AI model)
Gemini
Gemini
model / AI model
móxíng
模型
widely / much (anticipated)
bèi shòu
备受
expectation / anticipation
qīdài
期待
。

every year / annually

once / one time

(possessive / modifying particle)

I/O (Google annual developer conference)

conference / congress

will / shall (future marker)

on (a date) / at

United States / America

Jiālìfúníyà Zhōu

加利福尼亚州

to hold / to take place

the outside world / observers

to expect / anticipation

to release / to launch

Gemini (Google AI model)

model / AI model

and / as well as

Android (mobile operating system)

new features / new functions

xīn gōngnéng