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·HSK 4May 5

Samsung (electronics company)
Sānxīng
三星
to announce / to release
gōngbù
公布
first quarter
dì yī jìdù
第一季度
record-breaking
chuàng jìlù
创纪录
financial results / performance
yèjì
业绩
，
semiconductor
bàndǎotǐ
半导体
profit
lìrùn
利润
to grow by a large margin
dàfú zēngzhǎng
大幅增长
。

Samsung Electronics

Sānxīng Diànzǐ

financial results

operating revenue

yíngyè shōurù

to reach / to achieve

133.9 trillion Korean won (approx. $90 billion)

133.9 wànyì hányuán

133.9万亿韩元

to set an all-time record high

chuàngxià lìshǐ xīngāo

创下历史新高

division / department

operating profit

yíngyè lìrùn

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

main driving force

zhǔyào tuīdònglì

主要推动力

HSK 3May 4

Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
enterprise / business
qǐyè
企业
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
management / to manage
guǎnlǐ
管理
platform
píngtái
平台
Agent 365 (Microsoft product)
Agent 365
Agent 365
officially / formal
zhèngshì
正式
to go live / to launch
shàngxiàn
上线
。

to release / to launch

Agent 365 (Microsoft product)

to help / to assist

enterprise / business

to protect / to secure

HSK 4May 4

Meta (social media company)
Meta
Meta
to acquire / to buy out
shōugòu
收购
robot / robotics
jīqìrén
机器人
artificial intelligence
rén gōng zhì néng
人工智能
startup company
chūchuàng gōngsī
初创公司
，
to accelerate / to speed up
jiāsù
加速
humanoid robot
rénxíng jīqìrén
人形机器人
research and development
yánfā
研发
。

Meta (social media company)

on / at (formal time marker)

artificial intelligence

rén gōng zhì néng

startup company

chūchuàng gōngsī

Assured Robot Intelligence (robotics AI startup)

Assured Robot Intelligence

Assured Robot Intelligence

in order to / so as to

to advance / to push forward

rénxíng jīqìrén

人形机器人

strategy / strategic plan

the company (referring to ARI)

structural particle

will (future marker)

structural particle

Superintelligence Labs

chāojí zhìnéng shíyànshì

超级智能实验室

research division

yánjiū bùmén

HSK 4May 4

Novo Nordisk (pharmaceutical company)
Nuòhé Nuòdé
诺和诺德
with
yǔ
与
OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
to cooperate / partnership
hézuò
合作
will (future marker)
jiāng
将
artificial intelligence / AI
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
to integrate into / to embed in
róngrù
融入
drugs / medicine
yàowù
药物
research and development / R&D
yánfā
研发
entire process / end-to-end workflow
quán liúchéng
全流程
。

pharmaceutical / drug manufacturing

Nuòhé Nuòdé

OpenAI (AI company)

to reach / to achieve

strategic / strategy

cooperation / partnership

will (future marker)

artificial intelligence / AI

réngōng zhìnéng

to integrate into / to embed in

drug research and development

yàowù yánfā

production / manufacturing

gōngyìng liàn

entire process / end-to-end workflow

quán liúchéng

cooperation / partnership

key focus / priority

to accelerate / to speed up

to discover / discovery

féipàngzhèng

tángniàobìng

new treatments / new therapies

full / comprehensive

deployment / to deploy

by (formal time marker)

to complete / to finish

HSK 2May 4

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
to release / to announce
fābù
发布
new
xīn
新
(attributive particle)
de
的
artificial intelligence / AI
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
model
móxíng
模型
GPT-5.5 (AI language model)
GPT-5.5
GPT-5.5
。

OpenAI (AI company)

on (time marker)

sì yuè èrshísān rì

四月二十三日

to release / to announce

(completion marker)

(attributive particle)

artificial intelligence / AI

réngōng zhìnéng

GPT-5.5 (AI language model)

this / this one

compared to / than

before / previously

(attributive particle)

smarter / more intelligent

gèng cōngmíng

can / to be able to

to help / to assist

code / programming code

to do / to carry out

research / to research

HSK 3May 4

the United States
Měiguó
美国
Department of Defense / the Pentagon
guófángbù
国防部
with / together with
yǔ
与
seven (companies)
qī jiā
七家
technology
kējì
科技
company / companies
gōngsī
公司
to sign (an agreement)
qiānshǔ
签署
artificial intelligence / AI
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
agreement / deal
xiéyì
协议
。

the United States

Department of Defense / the Pentagon

seven (companies)

company / companies

to sign (an agreement)

agreement / deal

will (future marker)

artificial intelligence / AI

réngōng zhìnéng

classified / confidential

within / inside

to participate in

company / companies

Nvidia (chip company)

and others / et cetera

HSK 4May 1

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
failed to reach / did not meet
wèi dá
未达
revenue / income
shōurù
收入
and / as well as (formal)
jí
及
user / users
yònghù
用户
target / goal
mùbiāo
目标
，
Chief Financial Officer / CFO
shǒuxí cáiwùguān
首席财务官
regarding / about
jiù
就
computing power / compute capacity
suànlì
算力
funds / capital
zījīn
资金
issue / problem
wèntí
问题
to issue / to send out
fāchū
发出
warning / to warn
jǐnggào
警告
。

report / to report

OpenAI (AI company)

failed to / unable to

to complete / to fulfill

revenue / income

and / as well as (formal)

weekly / every week

huóyuè yònghù

possessive / attributive particle

to trigger / to cause

related / relevant

company / companies

stock price / share price

sharp drop / to plunge

Chief Financial Officer / CFO

shǒuxí cáiwùguān

首席财务官

to warn / warning

to state / to say (formal)

revenue / income

to grow / to increase

cannot / unable to

to accelerate / to speed up

may / might (formal)

to face / to confront

computing power / compute capacity

funds / capital

insufficient / lack of

possessive / attributive particle

HSK 3May 1

Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
third quarter / Q3
dìsān jìdù
第三季度
revenue / income
shōurù
收入
to grow / to increase
zēngzhǎng
增长
18 percent
18 bǎifēnzhī
18%
，
Azure (Microsoft cloud platform)
Azure
Azure
cloud services
yún fúwù
云服务
growth rate / rate of increase
zēngsù
增速
to reach / to hit
dá
达
40 percent
40 bǎifēnzhī
40%
。

to announce / to release

fiscal year 2026

third quarter / Q3

business results / performance

829 yì měiyuán

year-over-year / compared to the same period

to grow / to increase

18 bǎifēnzhī

Azure (Microsoft cloud platform)

revenue / income

to grow / to increase

40 bǎifēnzhī

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

to break through / to surpass

370 yì měiyuán

HSK 5April 30

SoftBank
Ruǎn Yín
软银
to plan / to intend
nǐ
拟
to spin off
fēn chāi
分拆
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
robotics / robot
jīqìrén
机器人
company
gōngsī
公司
Roze (SoftBank AI robotics spinout)
Roze
Roze
to go to
fù
赴
the US
Měi
美
to list / to go public
shàngshì
上市
，
target
mùbiāo
目标
valuation
gūzhí
估值
at the highest / up to
zuì gāo
最高
to reach
dá
达
USD 100 billion
qiān yì měiyuán
千亿美元
。

according to reports

group / conglomerate

(introduces the object)

under its umbrella / affiliated

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

business / operations

to integrate / to consolidate

to establish / to form

Roze (planned spinout)

the United States

IPO / initial public offering

shǒucì gōngkāi mùgǔ

首次公开募股

USD 100 billion

1000 yì měiyuán

this / the current

at the earliest

second half of the year

to put into action / to implement

fù zhū shíshī

specific / concrete

timeline / schedule

shíjiān biǎo

to exist / remain

considerable / significant

bù quèdìng xìng

HSK 5April 30

Tim Cook (Apple CEO)
Dìmǔ Kùkè
蒂姆·库克
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
September
jiǔyuè
九月
to step down / to retire from office
xièrèn
卸任
，
Apple (tech company)
Píngguǒ
苹果
will
jiāng
将
to welcome / to receive
yínglái
迎来
incoming / new
xīnrèn
新任
chief executive officer (CEO)
shǒuxí zhíxíng guān
首席执行官
John Ternus (Apple VP)
Yuēhàn Tènàsī
约翰·特纳斯
。

Píngguǒ Gōngsī

chief executive officer (CEO)

shǒuxí zhíxíng guān

首席执行官

Tim Cook (Apple CEO)

jiǔ yuè yī rì

to step down from office

by / succeeded by

hardware engineering

yìngjiàn gōngchéng

senior vice president

gāojí fù zǒngcái

高级副总裁

John Ternus (Apple VP)

Yuēhàn Tènàsī

约翰·特纳斯

to take over / to succeed

on the same day

to release / to publish

second fiscal quarter

dì èr cáijì

financial results

expects / forecasts

yī qiān líng jiǔshí wǔ yì měiyuán

一千零九十五亿美元