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·HSK 5April 18

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
and / with
yǔ
与
Cerebras (AI chip company)
Cerebras
Cerebras
to sign (an agreement)
qiānshǔ
签署
exceeding / more than
chāo
超
$20 billion
200 yì měiyuán
200亿美元
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
agreement / deal
xiéyì
协议
，
will (future marker)
jiāng
将
to obtain / to receive
huòdé
获得
equity / shareholder rights
gǔquán
股权
to subscribe for shares
rèngòu
认购
warrant (financial instrument)
quánzhèng
权证
。

OpenAI (AI company)

within three years

sān nián nèi

Cerebras (chip company)

exceeding / more than

200 yì měiyuán

for the purpose of

server (computing)

furthermore / in addition

OpenAI (AI company)

Cerebras (chip company)

at most / maximum

bǎifēnzhī shí

(structural particle)

equity / shareholder rights

to subscribe for shares

warrant (financial instrument)

10 yì měiyuán

shùjù zhōngxīn

construction / development

HSK 4April 17

AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
programming / coding
biānchéng
编程
startup company
chūchuàng gōngsī
初创公司
Factory (AI coding startup)
Factory
Factory
to obtain / to receive
huòdé
获得
$150 million
1.5 yì měiyuán
1.5亿美元
fundraising / to raise capital
róngzī
融资
，
valuation
gūzhí
估值
to reach / to amount to
dá
达
$1.5 billion
15 yì měiyuán
15亿美元
。

AI (artificial intelligence)

programming / coding

startup company

chūchuàng gōngsī

Factory (AI coding startup)

currently / in the process of

to carry out / to conduct

negotiation / talks

to raise / to collect (funds)

1.5 yì měiyuán

Khosla Ventures (venture capital firm)

Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures

to lead (an investment round)

to reach / to attain

15 yì měiyuán

HSK 5April 17

Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
April
sìyuè
四月
Patch Tuesday (monthly security update)
bǔdīng xīngqī'èr
补丁星期二
to fix / to patch
xiūfù
修复
167 / one hundred sixty-seven
yībǎi liùshíqī
一百六十七
(general measure word)
gè
个
vulnerability / security flaw
lòudòng
漏洞
，
including / containing
hán
含
two
liǎng gè
两个
zero-day
líng rì
零日
vulnerability / security flaw
lòudòng
漏洞
。

Patch Tuesday (monthly security update)

bǔdīng xīngqī'èr

补丁星期二

in total / altogether

to fix / to patch

(completion particle)

yībǎi liùshíqī

一百六十七

(general measure word)

security / safety

vulnerability / security flaw

among which / of which

including / containing

vulnerability / security flaw

qízhōng yī gè

to be subjected to / to suffer

in the wild / actively exploited

active / actively

to exploit / to use

to affect / impacting

SharePoint (Microsoft collaboration platform)

HSK 4April 17

Snap (social media company)
Snap
Snap
company / corporation
gōngsī
公司
to announce / to declare
xuānbù
宣布
to lay off workers / to cut jobs
cáiyuán
裁员
one thousand
yīqiān
一千
people / persons
rén
人
，
to state / to say
chēng
称
artificial intelligence / AI
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
technology / technique
jìshù
技术
to drive / to propel
tuīdòng
推动
personnel / staff
rényuán
人员
to streamline / to reduce headcount
jīngjiǎn
精简
。

Snap (social media company)

company / corporation

to announce / to declare

to cut / to reduce (staff)

approximately / about

(measure word for people)

employees / staff

accounting for approximately

global / worldwide

employees / staff

(possessive/attributive particle)

bǎifēnzhī shíliù

百分之十六

chief executive officer / CEO

shǒuxí zhíxínguān

首席执行官

Evan Spiegel (CEO of Snap)

to state / to indicate

artificial intelligence / AI

réngōng zhìnéng

technology / technique

progress / advancement

to enable / to make

small / small-scale

to be able to / can

to complete / to accomplish

more / greater amount

this time / this instance

restructuring / reorganization

expected to / projected

every year / annually

to save / to economize

more than / exceeding

wǔ yì měiyuán

HSK 6April 16

artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
demand
xūqiú
需求
to drive / to push
tuīdòng
推动
global / worldwide
quánqiú
全球
semiconductor
bàndǎotǐ
半导体
market
shìchǎng
市场
in 2026
2026 nián
2026年
sales revenue
xiāoshòu'é
销售额
to approach
jiējìn
接近
1 trillion US dollars
1 wànyì měiyuán
1万亿美元
。

institution / firm

to forecast / to project

driven by / because of

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

jīchǔ shèshī

construction / development

975.5 billion US dollars

9755 yì měiyuán

shēngchéngshì

AI (artificial intelligence)

expected to / likely to

alone / by itself

to break through / to exceed

500 billion US dollars

5000 yì měiyuán

major threshold / milestone

HSK 3April 16

2026
2026 nián
2026年
first quarter
dì yī jìdù
第一季度
global / worldwide
quánqiú
全球
venture capital investment
fēngxiǎn tóuzī
风险投资
to reach
dá
达
300 billion US dollars
3000 yì měiyuán
3000亿美元
historical
lìshǐ
历史
new high / record
xīngāo
新高
。

venture capital investment

fēngxiǎn tóuzī

300 billion US dollars

3000 yì měiyuán

breaking / surpassing

bǎifēnzhī yībǎi wǔshí

of which / among them

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

received / obtained

[completion marker]

242 billion US dollars

2420 yì měiyuán

total investment amount

zǒng tóuzī'é

bǎifēnzhī bāshí

HSK 3April 16

Amazon
Yǎmǎxùn
亚马逊
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
at a price of
yǐ
以
$11.57 billion
115.7 yì měiyuán
115.7亿美元
to acquire
shōugòu
收购
satellite
wèixīng
卫星
company
gōngsī
公司
Globalstar (satellite company)
Globalstar
Globalstar
。

115.7 yì měiyuán

operator / service provider

yùnyíngshāng

Globalstar (satellite company)

Píngguǒ gōngsī

iPhone (smartphone)

HSK 5April 16

export controls on China / China-directed export curbs
duì Huá chūkǒu guǎnzhì
对华出口管制
to tighten / to become more restrictive
shōujǐn
收紧
to drag down / to weigh on
tuōlèi
拖累
ASML (Dutch chip equipment maker)
ASML
ASML
share price / stock price
gǔjià
股价
，
despite / even though
jǐnguǎn
尽管
company / corporation
gōngsī
公司
to raise / to revise upward
shàngtáo
上调
full-year / annual
quán nián
全年
revenue forecast / revenue guidance
yínshōu yùqī
营收预期
。

the Netherlands

chip / semiconductor

equipment maker / equipment supplier

shèbèi shāng

ASML (Dutch chip equipment maker)

to announce / to release

strong / robust

quarterly results / quarterly performance

and / as well as

to raise / to revise upward

full-year / annual

revenue forecast

yínshōu yùqī

36 billion to 40 billion euros

360 yì zhì 400 yì Ōuyuán

360亿至400亿欧元

due to / affected by

export controls on China

duì Huá chūkǒu guǎnzhì

对华出口管制

tightening / becoming more restrictive

impact / effect

still / nonetheless

to fall / to decline

approximately 6 percent

yuē bǎi fēn zhī liù

HSK 2April 15

Roblox (gaming platform)
Roblox
Roblox
to introduce / to launch
tuīchū
推出
Kids account
értóng zhànghù
儿童账户
system
xìtǒng
系统
，
to strengthen / to enhance
jiāqiáng
加强
minors / underage users
wèi chéngnián rén
未成年人
content protection
nèiróng bǎohù
内容保护
。

Roblox (gaming platform)

on (date marker)

sì yuè shísì rì

to launch / to introduce

aimed at / targeted at

niánlíng duàn

structural particle

category / classification

Kids account (for children)

értóng zhànghù

jīngxuǎn zhànghù

aimed at / with the goal of

minors / underage users

wèi chéngnián rén

better / improved

content protection

nèiróng bǎohù

HSK 4April 15

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
next-generation
xīn yīdài
新一代
AI model
móxíng
模型
completes / completed
wánchéng
完成
pre-training
yùxùnliàn
预训练
，
expected to / showing promise of
yǒuwàng
有望
within a few weeks
shù zhōu nèi
数周内
to release / to launch
fābù
发布
。

OpenAI (AI company)

on (date marker)

sān yuè èr shísì rì

aspect particle (completion)

Spud (internal codename for GPT-6)

structural particle

CEO / Chief Executive Officer

shǒuxí zhíxíngguān

首席执行官

Shānmǔ Àotèmàn

山姆·奥特曼

to state / to indicate

release / launch

will (future marker)

within a few weeks

shù zhōu nèi

to materialize / to be realized

this / the (formal reference)

possibly / likely

mìngmíng wéi

GPT-6 (upcoming AI model name)

expected / anticipated

between April and May

sì zhì wǔ yuè jiān

四至五月间

to launch / to release