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·HSK 4May 9

Apple (company)
Píngguǒ
苹果
and / with
yǔ
与
Intel (company)
Yīngtèěr
英特尔
to reach / to achieve
dáchéng
达成
preliminary / initial
chūbù
初步
microchip
xīnpiàn
芯片
to manufacture
zhìzào
制造
agreement / deal
xiéyì
协议
。

Apple (company)

Intel (company)

according to reports

to reach / to achieve

preliminary / initial

agreement / deal

Intel (company)

Apple (company)

devices / equipment

to manufacture on contract / foundry work

Intel (company)

contract manufacturing

business / operations

up to now / so far

most important / most significant

zuì zhòngyào

(structural particle)

HSK 3May 9

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
to accelerate / to fast-track
jiākuài
加快
research and development
yánfā
研发
artificial intelligence
rén gōng zhì néng
人工智能
smartphone / mobile phone
shǒujī
手机
，
plans / is planning
jìhuà
计划
2027
2027 nián
2027年
first half of the year
shàng bàn nián
上半年
to mass-produce / to begin mass production
liàngchǎn
量产
。

OpenAI (AI company)

according to reports

is currently (in the process of)

to accelerate / to fast-track

first / debut (product)

rén gōng zhì néng

(attributive particle)

R&D / development

the first half of the year

shàng bàn nián

to start / to begin

mass production

compared to / earlier than

previously / before

expected / projected

to move forward / ahead of schedule

HSK 5May 8

Apple (company)
Píngguǒ
苹果
iOS 27 (Apple mobile operating system)
iOS 27
iOS 27
will (future marker)
jiāng
将
to allow / to permit
yǔnxǔ
允许
user
yònghù
用户
to choose / to select
xuǎnzé
选择
third-party
dì sān fāng
第三方
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
model
móxíng
模型
to power / to drive
qūdòng
驱动
intelligent features
zhìnéng gōngnéng
智能功能
。

Apple (company)

to plan / plans

iOS 27 (Apple mobile operating system)

Apple Intelligence (AI feature suite)

Apple Intelligence

Apple Intelligence

to allow / to permit

will (future marker)

Claude (AI assistant)

Gemini (Google AI model)

and so on / etc.

AI (artificial intelligence)

HSK 3May 8

Anthropic (AI company)
Anthropic
Anthropic
and / with
yǔ
与
SpaceX (rocket company)
SpaceX
SpaceX
to sign (an agreement)
qiānshǔ
签署
computing power
suànlì
算力
cooperation / partnership
hézuò
合作
agreement / deal
xiéyì
协议
。

Anthropic (AI company)

will (future marker)

to lease / to rent

SpaceX (rocket company)

Memphis (city in Tennessee, USA)

structural particle

Colossus 1 (data center name)

shùjù zhōngxīn

computing power

to meet / to satisfy

rapidly growing

kuàisù zēngzhǎng

structural particle

HSK 5May 8

Harvard
Hāfó
哈佛
study / research
yánjiū
研究
to find / to discover
fāxiàn
发现
OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
model
móxíng
模型
in
zài
在
emergency room / urgent care
jízhěn
急诊
diagnosis / to diagnose
zhěnduàn
诊断
in / among
zhōng
中
to outperform / to surpass
chāoyuè
超越
doctors / physicians
yīshēng
医生
。

structural particle

one / a (measure word for items)

study / research

to show / to indicate

OpenAI (AI company)

structural particle

o1 (OpenAI reasoning model)

triage / patient sorting

structural particle

two (respectful measure word for people)

jīngyàn fēngfù de

经验丰富的

internal medicine physicians

nèikē yīshēng

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)