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·HSK 4May 8

UK and US / British-American
Yīng Měi
英美
to sign
qiānshǔ
签署
economic
jīngjì
经济
prosperity
fánróng
繁荣
agreement / deal
xiéyì
协议
，
most / the majority of
dàduōshù
大多数
goods / products
shāngpǐn
商品
tariffs
guānshuì
关税
maintained at / kept at
wéichí
维持
10 percent
10%
10%
。

United Kingdom / Britain

wǔyuè bā rì

officially / formally

Economic Prosperity Deal

《Jīngjì Fánróng Xiéyì》

《经济繁荣协议》

will (future marker)

to lay the foundation for

foundation / basis

HSK 2May 8

United States / American
Měiguó
美国
low-cost / budget
liánjià
廉价
airline
hángkōng gōngsī
航空公司
Spirit (airline name)
Spirit
Spirit
to stop / to cease
tíngzhǐ
停止
all
suǒyǒu
所有
flights
hángbān
航班
，
to close down / to shut down
guānbì
关闭
company
gōngsī
公司
。

United States / American

low-cost / budget

hángkōng gōngsī

Spirit Airlines (company name)

wǔyuè èr rì

to cease / to stop

17,000 (people)

yī wàn qīqiān míng

一万七千名

employees / workers

lost jobs / became unemployed

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 6May 7

US Federal Reserve
Měi Lián Chǔ
美联储
to maintain / to hold
wéichí
维持
interest rate
lìlǜ
利率
unchanged
bù biàn
不变
，
Powell (Jerome Powell)
Bào Wēi'ěr
鲍威尔
to chair / to preside over
zhǔchí
主持
the last time / final
zuìhòu yīcì
最后一次
rate-setting meeting (FOMC meeting)
yì xī huìyì
议息会议
。

US Federal Reserve

Měi Lián Chǔ

sì yuè èrshíjiǔ rì

四月二十九日

structural particle

chairman / chair

Powell (Jerome Powell)

during his term

structural particle

zuìhòu yīcì

HSK 4May 7

McDonald's (fast food chain)
Màidāngláo
麦当劳
to announce / to release
gōngbù
公布
first quarter
dì yī jìdù
第一季度
financial report / earnings report
cáibào
财报
，
United States
Měiguó
美国
same-store sales
tóng diàn xiāoshòu é
同店销售额
consecutive / continuously
liánxù
连续
four quarters
sì gè jìdù
四个季度
to grow / growth
zēngzhǎng
增长
。

McDonald's (fast food chain)

wǔ yuè qī rì

to announce / to publish

financial report

same-store sales

tóng diàn xiāoshòu é

同店销售额

to achieve / to realize

fourth straight quarter

dì sì gè jìdù

第四个季度

HSK 2May 7

US stocks
měi gǔ
美股
to set (a record)
chuàng
创
historical
lìshǐ
历史
new high / record
xīn gāo
新高
，
US-Iran
měi yī
美伊
peace talks / negotiations
hétán
和谈
progress
jìnzhǎn
进展
to boost / to lift
tízhèn
提振
market
shìchǎng
市场
confidence
xìnxīn
信心
。

wǔ yuè liù rì

to surge / to rise sharply

S&P 500 (stock index)

biāopǔ wǔbǎi

Nasdaq (stock exchange)

both / simultaneously

to set / to establish

new record high

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 2May 7

Trump
Tèlǎngpǔ
特朗普
to pause / to suspend
zàntíng
暂停
Hormuz
Huòěrmùzī
霍尔木兹
escort operation / naval convoy
hùháng
护航
operation / action
xíngdòng
行动
，
saying / stating
chēng
称
US-Iran
Měi Yī
美伊
negotiations
tánpàn
谈判
to achieve / to make
qǔdé
取得
progress
jìnzhǎn
进展
。

to pause / to suspend

Strait of Hormuz

Huòěrmùzī Hǎixiá

霍尔木兹海峡

(possessive / modifier particle)

(completion particle)

great / significant

(disposal marker)

enriched uranium

to send to / to deliver to

the United States