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·HSK 3April 18

Netflix (streaming platform)
Netflix
Netflix
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
to launch / to release
tuīchū
推出
vertical screen
shù píng
竖屏
video
shìpín
视频
feature / function
gōngnéng
功能
，
and also
bìng
并
to use
shǐyòng
使用
artificial intelligence
rén gōng zhìnéng
人工智能
to recommend
tuījiàn
推荐
content
nèiróng
内容
。

streaming media

Netflix (streaming platform)

in / at (formal)

mobile application

yídòng yìngyòng

to launch / to release

TikTok (short video platform)

(structural particle)

vertical screen

feature / function

generative (AI type)

shēngchéng shì

artificial intelligence

rén gōng zhìnéng

to grow / growth

bǎifēnzhī shíliù diǎn èr

HSK 3April 18

memory chips
nèicún xīnpiàn
内存芯片
shortage / shortfall
duǎnquē
短缺
to push up / to drive up
tuīgāo
推高
costs
chéngběn
成本
，
Meta (technology company)
Meta
Meta
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
to raise / to adjust upward
shàngtiáo
上调
Quest (VR headset brand)
Quest
Quest
VR headset / head-mounted display
tóuxiǎn
头显
price
jiàgé
价格
。

Meta (technology company)

under the brand / subsidiary

Quest 3 (VR headset)

Quest 3S (VR headset)

will on / starting from

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

shùjù zhōngxīn

nèicún xīnpiàn

to soar / to spike

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 18

Iran
Yīlǎng
伊朗
to announce / declare
xuānbù
宣布
the Strait of Hormuz
Huòěrmùzī Hǎixiá
霍尔木兹海峡
to be open / accessible
kāifàng
开放
，
international
guójì
国际
oil prices
yóujià
油价
to plunge sharply
bàodiē
暴跌
more than / exceeding
yú
逾
10 percent (one-tenth)
yī chéng
一成
。

Israel-Lebanon (abbreviation)

ceasefire agreement

tínghuǒ xiéyì

on (date marker)

immediately / right away

the Strait of Hormuz

Huòěrmùzī Hǎixiá

霍尔木兹海峡

commercial vessel

fully / completely

Brent crude oil

Bùlúntè yuányóu

布伦特原油

bǎifēnzhī shíyī

approximately $89 per barrel

měi tǒng yuē 89 měiyuán

每桶约89美元

the United States

HSK 5April 17

scientist
kēxuéjiā
科学家
to discover / to find
fāxiàn
发现
hormone
jīsù
激素
FGF21 (fibroblast growth factor 21)
FGF21
FGF21
by means of / through
tōngguò
通过
to activate
jīhuó
激活
hindbrain (brain region)
líng nǎo
菱脑
circuit / pathway
huílù
回路
can / is able to
kě
可
to reverse
nìzhuǎn
逆转
mouse / mice (lab animal)
xiǎo shǔ
小鼠
obesity
féipàng zhèng
肥胖症
。

to discover / to find

FGF21 (fibroblast growth factor 21)

can / is able to

by means of / through

hindbrain (brain region)

structural particle

specific / particular

shénjīng huílù

mouse / mice (lab animal)

féipàng zhèng

discovery / finding

to reveal / to uncover

aspect particle (completed action)

a kind of / a type of

compared to / unlike

GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1)

drug / medication

fundamentally different / completely unlike

jiérán bùtóng

structural particle

weight loss / weight reduction

for / providing

new type / novel

therapy / treatment

structural particle

research and development

aspect particle (completed action)

direction / avenue

HSK 5April 17

Trump (US President Donald Trump)
Tè lǎng pǔ
特朗普
to threaten
wēixié
威胁
will / shall
jiāng
将
in / at (a time)
yú
于
May
wǔ yuè
五月
to remove from office
miǎnqù
免去
the US Federal Reserve
Měi Lián chǔ
美联储
chair / chairman
zhǔxí
主席
Powell (Jerome Powell, Fed Chair)
Bào wēi ěr
鲍威尔
structural particle
de
的
position / post
zhíwù
职务
。

Měiguó zǒngtǒng

Trump (US President Donald Trump)

once again / for another time

to say / to state

Powell (Jerome Powell, Fed Chair)

to expire / to come to an end

after / following

on one own initiative / voluntarily

to leave office / to resign

in / at (a time)

to subject him to

removal from office

Powell (Jerome Powell, Fed Chair)

structural particle

the Federal Reserve

chair / chairman

in / at (a time)

wǔ yuè shíwǔ rì

五月十五日

to expire / to come to an end

the Federal Reserve

board member / governor

status / identity

to continue / to extend

2028 nián yī yuè

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 2April 17

scientist
kēxuéjiā
科学家
to discover / to find
fāxiàn
发现
gray whale
huī jīng
灰鲸
in large numbers / a large amount
dàliàng
大量
to enter
jìnrù
进入
San Francisco Bay
Jiùjīnshān Wān
旧金山湾
and / also
bìng
并
to face / to confront
miànlín
面临
extremely high
jí gāo
极高
death / mortality
sǐwáng
死亡
risk
fēngxiǎn
风险
。

to discover / to find

currently / in the process of

yuè lái yuè duō

adverbial particle

San Francisco Bay

Jiùjīnshān Wān

research / study

to show / to indicate

San Francisco Bay

Jiùjīnshān Wān

structural particle

have / there are

bǎifēnzhī shíbā

there / in that place

mainly / primarily

collision / to collide with

decrease / reduction

HSK 3April 17

Vietnam
Yuènán
越南
President / head of state
guójiā zhǔxí
国家主席
To Lam (Vietnamese President and Party General Secretary)
Sū Lín
苏林
to conclude / to end
jiéshù
结束
toward China / with China
duì Huá
对华
state visit
guóshì fǎngwèn
国事访问
，
the two countries
liǎng guó
两国
to sign (an agreement)
qiānshǔ
签署
multiple / several
duō xiàng
多项
cooperation
hézuò
合作
agreement / accord
xiéyì
协议
。

President / head of state

guójiā zhǔxí

To Lam (Vietnamese President and Party General Secretary)

on / at (a time)

sì yuè shíqī rì

四月十七日

to conclude / to end

aspect particle (completed action)

structural particle

guóshì fǎngwèn

the two countries

to sign (an agreement)

aspect particle (completed action)

multiple / several

agreement / accord

during / throughout

To Lam (Vietnamese President)

to attend / to be present at

aspect particle (completed action)

Guangxi (province in southern China)

Nanning (capital city of Guangxi)

to hold / to take place

structural particle

the China-Vietnam border

Zhōng Yuè biānjìng

cultural festival

leaders / leadership

aspect particle (completed action)

HSK 3April 17

Cornell University (US research university)
Cornell University
康奈尔大学
scientists
kēxuéjiā
科学家
to research and develop / R&D
yánfā
研发
(resultative complement)
chū
出
can / able to
kě
可
to block / to halt
zǔduàn
阻断
sperm
jīngzǐ
精子
production / generation
shēngchéng
生成
(possessive/attributive particle)
de
的
non-hormonal
fēi jīsù
非激素
male
nánxìng
男性
contraception / contraceptive
bìyùn
避孕
method / approach
fāngfǎ
方法
。

United States / American

Cornell University

Cornell University

康奈尔大学

(possessive/attributive particle)

currently / in the process of

to research / to study

a type of / a kind of

contraception / contraceptive

method / approach

can / to be able to

completely / fully

to block / to halt

production / generation

research / study

results / findings

to show / to indicate

this type of / this kind of

method / approach

after stopping use

tíng yòng hòu

can / to be able to

to recover / to return to normal