·HSK 5

Hong Kong
Xiānggǎng
香港
the police / police authorities
jǐngfāng
警方
to raid / to conduct a surprise search
tūjī sōuchá
突击搜查
two (establishments)
liǎng jiā
两家
bookstore
shūdiàn
书店
，
five people
wǔ rén
五人
due to / because of
yīn
因
suspected of / on suspicion of
shèxián
涉嫌
to sell / to offer for sale
shòumài
售卖
seditious / inciting
shāndòng xìng
煽动性
publications / periodicals
kānwù
刊物
to be arrested
bèi bǔ
被捕
。

Hong Kong

Xiānggǎng

香港

the police / police authorities

jǐngfāng

警方

to raid / to conduct a surprise search

tūjī sōuchá

突击搜查

two (establishments)

liǎng jiā

两家

independent

dúlì

独立

bookstore

shūdiàn

书店

and / also

bìng

并

to arrest

dàibǔ

逮捕

five people

wǔ rén

五人

，

being / constituting

wéi

为

recent / within

jìn

近

four months

sì gè yuè

四个月

(in the past period of)

lái

来

the third incident

dì-sān qǐ

第三起

targeting / directed at

zhēnduì

针对

booksellers

shūshāng

书商

(structural particle)

的

similar / of the same type

tónglèi

同类

operation / action

xíngdòng

行动

。

July 16, 2026 at 11:30 AM

Hong Kong

Xiānggǎng

香港

the police / police authorities

jǐngfāng

警方

to raid / surprise operation

tūjī

突击

to search / to conduct a search

sōuchá

搜查

two (establishments)

liǎng jiā

两家

independent

dúlì

独立

bookstore

shūdiàn

书店

，

to arrest

dàibǔ

逮捕

two (people)

liǎng míng

两名

men / male individuals

nánxìng

男性

and / as well as

jí

及

three (people)

sān míng

三名

women / female individuals

nǚxìng

女性

，

alleging / claiming

zhǐ

指

they / their

qí

其

suspected of / allegedly

shèxián

涉嫌

to violate / to breach

wéifǎn

违反

the year 2024

2024 nián

2024年

National Security Law

guójiā ānquán fǎ

国家安全法

。

the authorities

dāngjú

当局

stated / alleged

zhǐ

指

those arrested

bèi bǔ zhě

被捕者

suspected of

shèxián

涉嫌

to sell

shòumài

售卖

from

cóng

从

overseas / abroad

hǎiwài

海外

to ship into / to import

yùn rù

运入

Hong Kong

Xiānggǎng

香港

(structural particle)

的

seditious / inciting

shāndòng xìng

煽动性

publications

chūbǎnwù

出版物

，

but / however

dàn

但

did not / has not

wèi

未

to disclose / to reveal

pīlù

披露

involved in the case

shè àn

涉案

book titles

shūmíng

书名

。

this time / this particular

cǐcì

此次

to be searched / raided

bèi sōuchá

被搜查

(structural particle)

的

bookstore

shūdiàn

书店

one of

zhī yī

之一

，

is / to be

shì

是

by / founded by

yóu

由

former / ex-

qián

前

journalist / reporter

jìzhě

记者

to found / to establish

chuàngbàn

创办

(structural particle)

的

Have A Nice Stay (independent Hong Kong bookstore)

Have A Nice Stay

bookstore

shūdiàn

书店

。

another / the other

lìng

另

one (establishment)

yī jiā

一家

to be affected / to be implicated

shòu bō jí

受波及

(structural particle)

的

is / to be

shì

是

Greenfield (independent Hong Kong bookstore)

Greenfield

bookstore

shūdiàn

书店

，

the police

jǐngfāng

警方

at / in

zài

在

both locations

liǎng chù

两处

both / each

jūn

均

to remove / to take away

bānzǒu

搬走

(completion marker)

了

multiple boxes

duō xiāng

多箱

items / materials

wùpǐn

物品

。

this

zhè

这

is / to be

shì

是

Hong Kong

Xiānggǎng

香港

recent / within

jìn

近

four months

sì gè yuè

四个月

within / inside

nèi

内

at least

zhìshǎo

至少

the third time

dì-sān cì

第三次

targeting / directed at

zhēnduì

针对

independent

dúlì

独立

bookseller

shūshāng

书商

(structural particle)

的

National Security Law

guójiā ānquán fǎ

国家安全法

operation / action

xíngdòng

行动

。

this year

jīnnián

今年

March

sānyuè

三月

，

Book Punch (independent Hong Kong bookstore)

Book Punch

bookstore

shūdiàn

书店

(structural particle)

的

shop owner

diànzhǔ

店主

and / as well as

jí

及

employees / staff

yuángōng

员工

due to / because of

yīn

因

suspected of

shèxián

涉嫌

to sell

shòumài

售卖

containing / including

bāohán

包含

Jimmy Lai (Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon)

Lí Zhìyīng

黎智英

biography

zhuànjì

传记

among others / included

zài nèi

在内

(structural particle)

的

publications

chūbǎnwù

出版物

and thus / thereby

ér

而

to be subjected to / to suffer

zāodào

遭到

arrest

dàibǔ

逮捕

。

Have A Nice Stay (independent Hong Kong bookstore)

Have A Nice Stay

bookstore

shūdiàn

书店

previously / before this

cǐqián

此前

already

yǐ

已

to announce

xuānbù

宣布

will / (future marker)

jiāng

将

on / at (time marker)

yú

于

August 30

8 yuè 30 rì

8月30日

to close down / to cease operations

jiéyè

结业

，

one of the reasons

yuányīn zhī yī

原因之一

is / to be

shì

是

business difficulties / financial hardship

jīngyíng kùnnán

经营困难

and / as well as

jí

及

unable to / cannot

wúfǎ

无法

to determine / to identify

quèdìng

确定

political

zhèngzhì

政治

red line / forbidden boundary

hóngxiàn

红线

where it lies / its location

suǒzài

所在

。

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