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·HSK 5last week

Nvidia
Yīngwěidá
英伟达
with
yǔ
与
Anthropic (AI company)
Anthropic
Anthropic
cloud services
yún fúwù
云服务
contract
hétong
合同
amount / value
jīné
金额
to exceed
chāoguò
超过
$180 billion
1800 yì měiyuán
1800亿美元
。

Anthropic (AI company)

signed / concluded

has already exceeded

1800 yì měiyuán

this scale / this magnitude

zhè yī guīmó

demonstrates / highlights

computing resources

jìsuàn zīyuán

structural particle

rapid / dramatic growth

jíjù zēngzhǎng

HSK 2last week

Vietnam
Yuènán
越南
third quarter
sān jìdù
三季度
economy
jīngjì
经济
to grow
zēngzhǎng
增长
nearly
jìn
近
10 percent
10%
10%
，
to set / to achieve
chuàng
创
four years
sì nián
四年
new high / record
xīn gāo
新高
。

in the past four years

zhǔyào yuányīn

HSK 3last week

AMD (chip company)
AMD
AMD
for / at the price of
yǐ
以
$8.2 billion
82 yì měiyuán
82亿美元
to acquire
shōugòu
收购
World Labs (AI company)
World Labs
World Labs
，
to accelerate
jiāsù
加速
to catch up with
zhuīgǎn
追赶
Nvidia
Yīngwěidá
英伟达
。

xīnpiàn gōngsī

for / at the price of

82 yì měiyuán

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

startup company

chuàngyè gōngsī

to launch / to initiate

structural particle

an important step

zhòngyào yī bù

HSK 3October 3

United States
Měiguó
美国
September
jiǔyuè
九月
newly added
xīnzēng
新增
employment / jobs
jiùyè
就业
number of people
rénshù
人数
only / just
jǐn
仅
29,000
liǎng wàn jiǔ qiān
两万九千
(measure word)
gè
个
，
far below
yuǎn dīyú
远低于
expectations / forecasts
yùqī
预期
。

Department of Labor

to announce / to publish

employment / jobs

number of people

to increase / increase of

liǎng wàn jiǔ qiān

unemployment rate

rose to / climbed to

bǎifēnzhī sì diǎn èr

interest rate cut

to heat up / to rise

HSK 2October 2

AI chip
AI xīnpiàn
AI芯片
competition
jìngzhēng
竞争
not just / not only
bù zhǐ
不只
about / based on
kàn
看
speed
sùdù
速度
，
system
xìtǒng
系统
integration
zhěnghé
整合
more / even more
gèng
更
important
zhòngyào
重要
。

structural particle

shifting toward

HSK 5September 15

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
to announce / to declare
xuānbù
宣布
to postpone / to delay
tuīchí
推迟
IPO / to go public
shàngshì
上市
plan
jìhuà
计划
，
CEO / Chief Executive Officer
shǒuxí zhíxíng guān
首席执行官
stated / said
chēng
称
now / at this time
xiànzài
现在
timing / moment
shíjī
时机
inappropriate / ill-advised
bùdàng
不当
。

OpenAI (AI company)

CEO / Chief Executive Officer

shǒuxí zhíxíng guān

首席执行官

Sam Altman (OpenAI CEO)

Shānmǔ Àotèmàn

山姆·奥特曼

due to / affected by

artificial intelligence / AI

réngōng zhìnéng

safety / security

issues / concerns

impact / influence

to postpone / to delay

initial / first-time

IPO / initial public offering

gōngkāi mùgǔ

at the earliest

to go public / to list

HSK 5September 15

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
běiyuē
北约
to announce / to declare
xuānbù
宣布
to increase / to step up
jiādà
加大
toward / for
duì
对
Ukraine
wūkèlán
乌克兰
structural particle
de
的
military
jūnshì
军事
aid / assistance
yuánzhù
援助
，
and / also
bìng
并
to strengthen / to reinforce
jiāqiáng
加强
eastern
dōngbù
东部
border
biānjìng
边境
defense / defense posture
fángyù
防御
。

Secretary General

Mark Rutte (NATO Secretary General)

to provide / to deliver

more / additional

aid / assistance

to reinforce / to strengthen

to border / to share a border with

structural particle

HSK 3September 15

the United States
měiguó
美国
Pennsylvania (US state)
bīnxīfǎníyà zhōu
宾夕法尼亚州
measles
mázhěn
麻疹
outbreak / epidemic
yìqíng
疫情
nearly / close to
jìn
近
700 cases
700 lì
700例
，
there have been / already
yǐ yǒu
已有
two people
liǎng rén
两人
to die / death
sǐwáng
死亡
。

the United States

Pennsylvania (US state)

bīnxīfǎníyà zhōu

宾夕法尼亚州

outbreak / epidemic

to spread to / to affect

across the state

38 (measure word)

confirmed cases

number of people

approaching / nearly

currently / at present

there have already been

suspected / possible

sǐwáng ànlì

currently / in progress

under investigation

diàochá zhōng

HSK 4September 15

South Korea
hánguó
韩国
early September / the first ten days of September
jiǔyuè shàngxún
九月上旬
semiconductor / chip
bàndǎotǐ
半导体
exports
chūkǒu
出口
year-on-year / compared to last year
tóngbǐ
同比
to surge / to soar
jīzēng
激增
270 percent
270%
270%
，
to set / to establish
chuàng
创
historical / all-time
lìshǐ
历史
new record high
xīngāo
新高
。

the first ten days

qián shí tiān

semiconductor chip

to reach / to attain

165 yì měiyuán

to grow / to increase

approximately 270 percent

artificial intelligence / AI

réngōng zhìnéng

semiconductors / chips

total export value

chūkǒu zǒng é

structural particle

single product category

dānyī shāngpǐn

share / proportion

historical / all-time

new record high

HSK 3September 15

Apple Inc.
píngguǒ gōngsī
苹果公司
officially / formally
zhèngshì
正式
to release / to launch
fābù
发布
iPhone 18 Pro (Apple flagship smartphone)
iPhone 18 Pro
iPhone 18 Pro
and / simultaneously
bìng
并
to roll out / to introduce
tuīchū
推出
iOS 27 (Apple mobile operating system)
iOS 27
iOS 27
operating system
xìtǒng
系统
update / upgrade
gēngxīn
更新
。

píngguǒ gōngsī

on / at (time marker)

jiǔyuè shísì rì

九月十四日

to release / to launch

iPhone 18 Pro (Apple flagship smartphone)

series / lineup

smartphone / mobile phone

iOS 27 (Apple mobile operating system)

operating system

new model / upgraded version

Siri (Apple voice assistant)

along with / together with

iOS 27 (Apple mobile operating system)

together / at the same time

iPhone 18 Pro (Apple smartphone)

on (date marker)

jiǔyuè shíbā rì

九月十八日