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·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

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 5May 7

Russia
Éluósī
俄罗斯
during / while
zài
在
to announce / to declare
xuānbù
宣布
ceasefire
tínghuǒ
停火
after
hòu
后
to continue
jìxù
继续
to attack / to strike
xíjī
袭击
Ukraine
Wūkèlán
乌克兰
，
Zelenskyy
Zélínsījī
泽连斯基
to give / to express
yǔyǐ
予以
to condemn / to denounce
qiǎnzé
谴责
。

around / before and after

to implement / to carry out

unilateral / one-sided

immediately / right after

attack / strike

attack / strike

to cause / to result in

to state / to call

the Russian side

more than / over

HSK 4May 7

United States
Měiguó
美国
Securities and Exchange Commission
Zhèngjiānhuì
证监会
to propose
tíyì
提议
to allow / to permit
yǔnxǔ
允许
listed companies / public companies
shàngshì gōngsī
上市公司
to change to / to switch to
gǎiwéi
改为
every year / annually
měinián
每年
twice
liǎng cì
两次
to disclose
pīlù
披露
financial results / earnings
yèjì
业绩
。

Zhèngjiānhuì

listed companies

shàngshì gōngsī

with / by means of

every half year / semi-annually

(possessive / modifier particle)

current / existing

quarterly report

system / mechanism

to believe / to think

to help / to contribute to

companies / enterprises

development / growth

to worry about / to be concerned about

to decline / to decrease

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)

HSK 3May 6

May Day / May 1st holiday
Wǔyī
五一
holiday / vacation
jiàqī
假期
during / throughout
qījiān
期间
，
foreigners / foreign nationals
wàiguórén
外国人
visa-free
miǎnqiān
免签
to enter the country
rùjìng
入境
China
Zhōngguó
中国
more than / exceeding
chāoguò
超过
436,000
43.6 wàn
43.6万
person-trips / visits
rén cì
人次
。

National Immigration Administration

Guójiā Yímín Guǎnlǐjú

国家移民管理局

data / statistics

to show / to indicate

May Day holiday

holiday / vacation

to enter the country

more than / exceeding

year-on-year / compared with the same period

to grow / growth

HSK 2May 6

Trump (Donald Trump)
Tèlǎngpǔ
特朗普
will / shall
jiāng
将
on / at (time marker)
yú
于
May 14th
wǔyuè shísì rì
五月十四日
to visit
fǎngwèn
访问
Beijing
Běijīng
北京
，
with
yǔ
与
Xi Jinping
Xí Jìnpíng
习近平
to meet / to have a meeting
huìmiàn
会面
。

Trump (Donald Trump)

on / at (time marker)

wǔyuè shísì rì

五月十四日

to arrive at / to go to

president / head of state

guójiā zhǔxí

to hold talks / talks

in nearly ten years

jìn shí nián

the first / number one

HSK 5May 6

United Kingdom
Yīngguó
英国
to the US / toward the US
duì Měi
对美
exports
chūkǒu
出口
due to / because of
yīn
因
Trump (Donald Trump)
Tèlǎngpǔ
特朗普
tariff / customs duty
guānshuì
关税
to plunge / to crash
bàodiē
暴跌
25 percent
25%
25%
。

Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Guójiā Tǒngjìjú

国家统计局

data / statistics

to show / to indicate

Trump (Donald Trump)

to implement / to enforce

since (a time point)

goods / merchandise

to fall / to decline

approximately / about

at the same time / meanwhile

yǔ cǐ tónɡshí

to continue / to sustain

to grow / growth

to lead to / to cause

to appear / to emerge