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·HSK 4August 2

Google
gǔgē
谷歌
due to
yīn
因
false
jiǎ
假
images
túxiàng
图像
hazard
yǐnhuàn
隐患
to roll back
huíɡǔn
回滚
Earth
dìqiú
地球
artificial intelligence
AI
AI
tool
gōnɡjù
工具
。

safety concerns

HSK 5August 2

judge
fǎguān
法官
to question
zhìyí
质疑
Trump
tèlǎngpǔ
特朗普
government
zhèngfǔ
政府
to ban
jìnzhǐ
禁止
United States
měiguó
美国
federal
liánbāng
联邦
agencies
jīgòu
机构
to use
shǐyòng
使用
Anthropic
Anthropic
Anthropic
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
。

artificial intelligence

HSK 4August 2

scientists
kēxuéjiā
科学家
for the first time
shǒucì
首次
in / on
zài
在
busy / high-traffic
fánmáng
繁忙
telecommunications
diànxìn
电信
fiber optic network
guāngxiān wǎngluò
光纤网络
on / over
shàng
上
to achieve / to demonstrate
shíxiàn
实现
quantum entanglement
liàngzǐ jiūchán
量子纠缠
。

yánjiū rényuán

one (measure for fiber / line)

normally operating / live

zhèngcháng yùnxíng

telecommunications

fiber optic network

guāngxiān wǎngluò

to achieve / to demonstrate

quantum entanglement

liàngzǐ jiūchán

quantum communications

liàngzǐ tōngxìn

practical application

to advance / to step forward

HSK 4August 1

SpaceX (rocket and satellite company)
SpaceX
SpaceX
to publicly reveal / to disclose
gōngkāi
公开
first model / inaugural product
shǒukuǎn
首款
orbital / in orbit
guǐdào
轨道
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
satellite
wèixīng
卫星
design
shèjì
设计
，
to advance into / to enter a market
jìnjūn
进军
outer space
tàikōng
太空
computing
jìsuàn
计算
market
shìchǎng
市场
。

SpaceX (rocket and satellite company)

to release / to announce

completion marker

AI1 (orbital compute satellite)

structural particle

computing / compute

the said satellite

will (future marker)

to run / to operate

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

workload / computing workload

gōngzuò fùzài

Anthropic (AI research company)

to sign / to sign off on

agreement / deal

SpaceX (company)

to purchase / to buy

computing power / compute resources

HSK 6July 31

more than a thousand (people)
qiān yú míng
千余名
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
industry workers / practitioners
cóngyè zhě
从业者
to jointly sign / to co-sign
liánshǔ
联署
open letter
gōngkāi xìn
公开信
，
to call for / to appeal
hūyù
呼吁
to establish / to build
jiànlì
建立
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
to slow down / to decelerate
jiǎnsù
减速
mechanism / system
jīzhì
机制
。

qīyuè èrshíbā rì

七月二十八日

from / coming from

OpenAI (AI company)

Anthropic (AI safety company)

Meta (technology company)

(structural particle)

more than / exceeding

qiān yī bǎi míng

employees / staff

to jointly sign / to co-sign

(completion marker)

titled / entitled

Pacing the Frontier (open letter title)

qiányán jiǎnsù

《前沿减速》

(structural particle)

to call for / to appeal

the United States

to build / to construct

corresponding / appropriate

means / tools / methods

governance / management

so as to / in order to

when necessary / if necessary

to be capable of / can

in an orderly manner / orderly

to slow down / to ease

frontier / cutting edge

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

(structural particle)

R&D / research and development

HSK 4July 31

Google
gǔgē
谷歌
DeepMind (Google AI research lab)
DeepMind
DeepMind
to release / to launch
fābù
发布
Gemini Robotics 2 (Google robot AI platform)
Gemini Robotics 2
Gemini Robotics 2
，
to achieve / to realize
shíxiàn
实现
humanoid / human-shaped
rénxíng
人形
robot
jīqìrén
机器人
whole body / full body
quánshēn
全身
coordinated / harmonized
xiétiáo
协调
control / to control
kòngzhì
控制
。

DeepMind (Google AI research lab)

on / at (indicating time)

qīyuè sānshí rì

七月三十日

to launch / to release

Gemini Robotics 2 (Google robot AI platform)

Gemini Robotics 2

Gemini Robotics 2

a set of / a suite of

containing / comprising

three (with classifier)

models / modules

(structural particle)

humanoid / human-shaped

intelligent / AI

to be capable of / can

from head to toe

cóng tóu dào jiǎo

(structural particle)

movements / actions

at the same time / simultaneously

to support / to enable

collaboration / teamwork

HSK 4July 29

United States
Měiguó
美国
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Liánbāng Tōngxìn Wěiyuánhuì
联邦通信委员会
to issue / to announce
fābù
发布
ban / prohibition order
jìnlìng
禁令
，
to prohibit / to ban
jìnzhǐ
禁止
to import
jìnkǒu
进口
foreign
wàiguó
外国
manufactured / made
zhìzào
制造
(structural particle)
de
的
humanoid robot
rénxíng jīqìrén
人形机器人
。

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Liánbāng Tōngxìn Wěiyuánhuì

联邦通信委员会

qī yuè èrshíbā rì

to announce / to declare

citing / on the grounds of

national security

guójiā ānquán

as the reason / as justification

to prohibit / to ban

(structural particle)

rénxíng jīqìrén

人形机器人

quadruped robot (four-legged robot)

sì zú jīqìrén

四足机器人

this / the said

measure / policy

mainly / primarily

targeting / aimed at

holding / occupying

shìchǎng fèné

(structural particle)

HSK 5July 29

Moonshot AI (Chinese AI startup)
Yuè zhī àn miàn
月之暗面
to release / to publish
fābù
发布
global / worldwide
quánqiú
全球
the largest
zuìdà
最大
open-weight (AI model weights)
kāiyuán quánzhòng
开源权重
model (AI)
móxíng
模型
Kimi K3 (AI model by Moonshot AI)
Kimi K3
Kimi K3
。

AI (artificial intelligence)

Yuè zhī àn miàn

qī yuè èrshíqī rì

to release publicly / to make public

(completion marker)

Kimi K3 (AI model)

(structural particle)

weights (AI model parameters)

(structural particle)

kāiyuán quánzhòng

large language model (LLM)

dà yǔyán móxíng

大语言模型

this / the said (formal)

benchmark evaluation

jīzhǔn píngjì

close to / approaching

Anthropic (US AI company)

Fable (flagship AI model by Anthropic)

(structural particle)

level / performance

after the release

rapidly / swiftly

causing / making

to tend toward / to approach

saturation / at capacity

HSK 3July 29

ChangXin Memory Technologies (Chinese DRAM maker)
Cháng Xīn Cúnchǔ
长鑫存储
at / in (location marker)
zài
在
Shanghai
Shànghǎi
上海
STAR Market (Shanghai tech innovation board)
Kēchuàng bǎn
科创板
to be listed on the stock market
shàngshì
上市
，
first day of trading
shǒurì
首日
share price
gǔjià
股价
to surge sharply / to skyrocket
bàozhǎng
暴涨
approximately
yuē
约
470 percent
470%
470%
。

memory (computing)

chip / semiconductor

manufacturer / maker

ChangXin Memory Technologies

Cháng Xīn Cúnchǔ

qī yuè èrshíqī rì

to make its debut on

Kēchuàng bǎn

first day of trading

to surge sharply

total market capitalization

reaching approximately

3.3 trillion yuan (CNY)

3.3 wànyì yuán rénmínbì

3.3万亿元人民币

this time / this particular

IPO (initial public offering)

fundraising / funds raised

66 billion yuan

(structural particle)

initial public offering (IPO)

shǒucì gōngkāi mùgǔ

首次公开募股

HSK 3July 27

ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT)
Cháng Xīn Cúnchǔ
长鑫存储
today
jīnrì
今日
in / at
zài
在
Shanghai
Shànghǎi
上海
STAR Market (Shanghai innovation board)
kēchuàng bǎn
科创板
to list on stock exchange / to go public
shàngshì
上市
，
first day / opening day
shǒurì
首日
stock price
gǔjià
股价
price gain / increase
zhǎngfú
涨幅
to exceed / more than
chāoguò
超过
460 percent
460%
460%
。

cúnchǔ xīnpiàn

ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT)

Cháng Xīn Cúnchǔ

kēchuàng bǎn

officially / formally

to list on the stock exchange

A-shares (mainland China stock market)

market capitalization

highest / largest

(structural particle)