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·HSK 4last week

South Korea
Hánguó
韩国
government
zhèngfǔ
政府
artificial intelligence
rénggōng zhìnéng
人工智能
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
earmarked / dedicated
zhuānxiàng
专项
budget
yùsuàn
预算
at / in
zài
在
August
bāyuè
八月
before / prior to
qián
前
still / yet
réng
仍
largely / a large amount of
dàliàng
大量
not yet / has not been
wèi bèi
未被
used / spent
shǐyòng
使用
。

for / in order to

to promote / to drive

domestic / homegrown

artificial intelligence

rénggōng zhìnéng

chip / semiconductor

R&D / research and development

established / set up

earmarked / dedicated

as of / up until

has / there are

used / deployed

HSK 5last week

Volkswagen
dàzhòng
大众

HSK 5last week

Nvidia
Yīngwěidá
英伟达
with
yǔ
与
Anthropic (AI company)
Anthropic
Anthropic
cloud services
yún fúwù
云服务
contract
hétong
合同
amount / value
jīné
金额
to exceed
chāoguò
超过
$180 billion
1800 yì měiyuán
1800亿美元
。

Anthropic (AI company)

signed / concluded

has already exceeded

1800 yì měiyuán

this scale / this magnitude

zhè yī guīmó

demonstrates / highlights

computing resources

jìsuàn zīyuán

structural particle

rapid / dramatic growth

jíjù zēngzhǎng

HSK 3last week

AMD (chip company)
AMD
AMD
for / at the price of
yǐ
以
$8.2 billion
82 yì měiyuán
82亿美元
to acquire
shōugòu
收购
World Labs (AI company)
World Labs
World Labs
，
to accelerate
jiāsù
加速
to catch up with
zhuīgǎn
追赶
Nvidia
Yīngwěidá
英伟达
。

xīnpiàn gōngsī

for / at the price of

82 yì měiyuán

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

startup company

chuàngyè gōngsī

to launch / to initiate

structural particle

an important step

zhòngyào yī bù

HSK 2October 2

AI chip
AI xīnpiàn
AI芯片
competition
jìngzhēng
竞争
not just / not only
bù zhǐ
不只
about / based on
kàn
看
speed
sùdù
速度
，
system
xìtǒng
系统
integration
zhěnghé
整合
more / even more
gèng
更
important
zhòngyào
重要
。

structural particle

shifting toward

HSK 5September 15

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
to announce / to declare
xuānbù
宣布
to postpone / to delay
tuīchí
推迟
IPO / to go public
shàngshì
上市
plan
jìhuà
计划
，
CEO / Chief Executive Officer
shǒuxí zhíxíng guān
首席执行官
stated / said
chēng
称
now / at this time
xiànzài
现在
timing / moment
shíjī
时机
inappropriate / ill-advised
bùdàng
不当
。

OpenAI (AI company)

CEO / Chief Executive Officer

shǒuxí zhíxíng guān

首席执行官

Sam Altman (OpenAI CEO)

Shānmǔ Àotèmàn

山姆·奥特曼

due to / affected by

artificial intelligence / AI

réngōng zhìnéng

safety / security

issues / concerns

impact / influence

to postpone / to delay

initial / first-time

IPO / initial public offering

gōngkāi mùgǔ

at the earliest

to go public / to list

HSK 3September 15

Apple Inc.
píngguǒ gōngsī
苹果公司
officially / formally
zhèngshì
正式
to release / to launch
fābù
发布
iPhone 18 Pro (Apple flagship smartphone)
iPhone 18 Pro
iPhone 18 Pro
and / simultaneously
bìng
并
to roll out / to introduce
tuīchū
推出
iOS 27 (Apple mobile operating system)
iOS 27
iOS 27
operating system
xìtǒng
系统
update / upgrade
gēngxīn
更新
。

píngguǒ gōngsī

on / at (time marker)

jiǔyuè shísì rì

九月十四日

to release / to launch

iPhone 18 Pro (Apple flagship smartphone)

series / lineup

smartphone / mobile phone

iOS 27 (Apple mobile operating system)

operating system

new model / upgraded version

Siri (Apple voice assistant)

along with / together with

iOS 27 (Apple mobile operating system)

together / at the same time

iPhone 18 Pro (Apple smartphone)

on (date marker)

jiǔyuè shíbā rì

九月十八日

HSK 4September 15

Beijing
běijīng
北京
respond
huíyìng
回应
Anthropic
Anthropic
Anthropic
CEO
CEO
CEO
artificial intelligence
AI
AI
development
fāzhǎn
发展
。

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

HSK 4September 15

United States
měiguó
美国
investigation
diàochá
调查
indicate
zhǐ
指
China
zhōngguó
中国
government
zhèngfǔ
政府
participate
cānyù
参与
artificial intelligence
AI
AI
technology
jìshù
技术
theft
dàoqiè
盗窃
。

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

yuè zhī ànmiàn

HSK 4August 13

Honor
róngyao
荣耀
launches
tuīchū
推出
robot
jīqìrén
机器人
smartphone
shǒujī
手机
equipped with
pèizhì
配置
motorized
diàndòng
电动
gimbal
yúntái
云台
camera
shèxiàngtou
摄像头
。