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·HSK 3May 8

Anthropic (AI company)
Anthropic
Anthropic
annual revenue
nián yíngshoū
年营收
to break through / to surpass
tūpò
突破
$30 billion
300 yì měiyuán
300亿美元
，
for the first time
shǒucì
首次
to exceed / to surpass
chāoguò
超过
OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
。

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

Anthropic (AI company)

structural particle

revenue / income

to reach / to achieve

300 yì měiyuán

OpenAI (AI company)

structural particle

250 yì měiyuán

Anthropic (AI company)

for the first time

aspect / dimension

to lead / to be ahead

OpenAI (AI company)

HSK 5May 7

DeepSeek (Chinese AI company)
DeepSeek
DeepSeek
to release / to publish
fābù
发布
open-source
kāiyuán
开源
large AI model
dà móxíng
大模型
V4 (version 4)
V4
V4
，
performance / capability
xìngnéng
性能
to rival / to match
pìměi
媲美
Western
xīfāng
西方
top-tier / leading
dǐngjí
顶级
model
móxíng
模型
。

DeepSeek (Chinese AI company)

sì yuè èrshísì rì

四月二十四日

to include / to contain

agentic / AI agent

benchmark tests

jīzhǔn cèshì

structural particle

GPT-5.5 (OpenAI model)

comparable / equivalent

HSK 3May 7

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
to release / to launch
tuīchū
推出
GPT-5.5 Instant (AI model)
GPT-5.5 Instant
GPT-5.5 Instant
，
to become
chéngwéi
成为
ChatGPT (AI chatbot)
ChatGPT
ChatGPT
new
xīn
新
default
mòrèn
默认
model
móxíng
模型
。

OpenAI (AI company)

on (a date) / at

wǔ yuè wǔ rì

to release / to launch

GPT-5.5 Instant (AI model)

GPT-5.5 Instant

GPT-5.5 Instant

to replace / to supersede

ChatGPT (AI chatbot)

structural particle (possessive)

the said / this

significantly / by a large margin

to reduce / to decrease

errors / mistakes

to enhance / to strengthen

personalization

features / functions

HSK 6May 7

Novo Nordisk
Nuòhé Nuòdé
诺和诺德
and / with
yǔ
与
OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
to reach / to conclude
dáchéng
达成
strategic
zhànlüè
战略
partnership / cooperation
hézuò
合作
，
in order to
yǐ
以
artificial intelligence
rén gōng zhìnéng
人工智能
to accelerate
jiāsù
加速
drug / medicine
yàowù
药物
research and development
yán fā
研发
。

giant / major player

Nuòhé Nuòdé

on (date marker)

to cover / to encompass

drug / medicine

research and development

manufacturing / production

and / as well as

commercial / business

entire chain / end-to-end

quán liàntiáo

aimed at / with the goal of

by means of / with the help of

artificial intelligence

rén gōng zhìnéng

to shorten / to reduce

application / use

(possessive / modifier particle)

cycle / timeline

HSK 3May 7

Samsung
Sānxīng
三星
market capitalization
shìzhí
市值
to break through / to surpass
tūpò
突破
one trillion
yī wàn yì
一万亿
US dollars
měiyuán
美元
，
to join
jiārù
加入
global / worldwide
quánqiú
全球
elite
jīngyīng
精英
club
jùlèbù
俱乐部
。

in a single day

to rise / to go up

bǎifēnzhī shísì

market capitalization

for the first time

to exceed / to surpass

following / after

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.)

after / following

the second company

to reach / to achieve

(possessive / modifier particle)

HSK 3May 6

Google
Gǔgē
谷歌
to release / to publish
fābù
发布
Gemma 4 (open AI model)
Gemma 4
Gemma 4
，
claiming to be / described as
hàochēng
号称
the most powerful / strongest
zuìqiáng
最强
open-source
kāiyuán
开源
model / AI model
móxíng
模型
。

on / at (time marker)

to release / to publish

Gemma 4 (open AI model)

currently / at present

global / worldwide

páimíng dìsān

structural particle

open / publicly available

model / AI model

this / the said (formal)

model / AI model

to adopt / to use

Apache 2.0 (open-source license)

license / permit

commercial / business

HSK 5May 6

Norway
Nuówēi
挪威
to join / to become a member of
jiārù
加入
the United States
Měiguó
美国
to lead / to dominate
zhǔdǎo
主导
(possessive / modifying particle)
de
的
Pax Silica (US-led AI supply chain coalition)
Pax Silica
Pax Silica
artificial intelligence
rénzōng zhìnéng
人工智能
supply chain
gōngyìng liàn
供应链
coalition / alliance
liánméng
联盟
。

to announce / to declare

to join / to become a member of

the United States

to lead / leadership

(possessive / modifying particle)

Pax Silica (US-led AI supply chain coalition)

coalition / alliance

(measure word for countries/people)

member state / member country

chéngyuánguó

this / the aforementioned

coalition / alliance

to aim at / the purpose is to

to reduce / to decrease

toward / regarding

(possessive / modifying particle)

artificial intelligence

rénzōng zhìnéng

materials / resources

reliance / dependence

HSK 3May 6

Apple (company)
Píngguǒ
苹果
to explore / to investigate
tànsuǒ
探索
with / and
yǔ
与
Intel (chip company)
Yīngtèěr
英特尔
to cooperate / to partner
hézuò
合作
in / at
zài
在
the United States
Měiguó
美国
to manufacture / to produce
shēngchǎn
生产
computer chip
xīnpiàn
芯片
。

Apple (company)

currently (in progress)

Intel (chip company)

Samsung (electronics company)

to negotiate / to hold talks

to hope / to wish

the United States

to manufacture / to produce

at present / currently

still in / still at

have not / there is no

to reach / to achieve

formal / official

agreement / deal

HSK 5May 6

artificial intelligence
AI
AI
chip / microchip
xīnpiàn
芯片
company / corporation
gōngsī
公司
Cerebras Systems (AI chip company)
Cerebras
Cerebras
to seek / to pursue
xúnqiú
寻求
$26.6 billion
266 yì měiyuán
266亿美元
valuation / assessed value
gūzhí
估值
to go public / to list on stock exchange
shàngshì
上市
。

artificial intelligence

rén gōng zhìnéng

chip / microchip

manufacturer / maker

zhìzào shāng

Cerebras Systems (AI chip company)

United States / America

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Zhèngquàn Jiāoyì Wěiyuánhuì

证券交易委员会

to submit / to file

to list on stock exchange / IPO

application / filing

valuation / assessed value

to reach / to achieve

266 yì měiyuán

HSK 5May 5

report
bàogào
报告
to show / to reveal
xiǎnshì
显示
，
hackers
hēikè
黑客
increasingly / more and more
yuèlái yuè duo
越来越多
to leverage / to make use of
jizhù
借助
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
to launch / to carry out
fādòng
发动
cyberattacks
wanglùo gongjí
网络攻击
。

Google-owned / under Google

wanglùo anquán

Mandiant (cybersecurity company)

to release / to publish

are (progressive)

(introducing object)

artificial intelligence

réngong zhìnéng

process / workflow

also / furthermore

to find / to discover

disclosure / publication

to suffer / to be subject to

(modifier particle)

shíjian chuangkou

has significantly shortened

yǐ dàfú suoduan

已大幅缩短