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·HSK 5May 15

United Kingdom
Yīngguó
英国
Health Secretary / Minister of Health
wèishēng bùzhǎng
卫生部长
Streeting (UK Health Secretary)
Sītèlǐtíng
斯特里廷
to resign
cízhí
辞职
，
to intensify / to deepen
jiājù
加剧
Labour Party (UK)
Gōngdǎng
工党
leadership
lǐngdǎo céng
领导层
crisis
wéijī
危机
。

Health Secretary / Minister of Health

wèishēng bùzhǎng

Wes Streeting (UK Health Secretary)

Wéisī Sītèlǐtíng

韦斯·斯特里廷

on / at (time marker)

to announce / to declare

to say / to state

Starmer (UK Prime Minister)

(possessive/attributive particle)

leadership ability

HSK 2May 15

China
Zhōngguó
中国
to agree
tóngyì
同意
to purchase / to buy
gòumǎi
购买
200 (measure word for aircraft)
200 jià
200架
Boeing (aircraft company)
Bōyīn
波音
airplane / aircraft
fēijī
飞机
。

Trump (US president)

200 (measure word for aircraft)

Boeing (aircraft company)

airplane / aircraft

HSK 4May 15

Russia
Éluósī
俄罗斯
missile
dǎodàn
导弹
to hit / to strike
jīzhòng
击中
Kyiv (capital of Ukraine)
Jīfǔ
基辅
apartment building
gōngyù lóu
公寓楼
，
to cause / to result in
zàochéng
造成
24 people
24 rén
24人
death / to die
sǐwáng
死亡
。

to attack / strike

Kyiv (capital of Ukraine)

one (measure word for buildings)

apartment building

to lead to / to cause

to perish / to die in a disaster

three (measure word for people)

child / children

HSK 3May 15

Meta (technology company)
Meta
Meta
to launch / to release
tuīchū
推出
privacy
yǐnsī
隐私
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
to chat
liáotiān
聊天
mode / pattern
móshì
模式
，
user
yònghù
用户
conversation / dialogue
duìhuà
对话
will not / cannot
bù huì
不会
by (passive marker)
bèi
被
to save / to store
bǎocún
保存
。

Meta (technology company)

on / at (time marker)

officially / formally

to launch / to release

incognito / hidden

feature / function

to let / to allow

can / be able to

AI (artificial intelligence)

to communicate / to exchange

this / the said

feature / function

first / firstly

WhatsApp (messaging app)

to launch / to release

conversation / dialogue

to end / to conclude

after / afterwards

HSK 5May 15

the United States
Měiguó
美国
to approve / to authorize
pīzhǔn
批准
toward / to
xiàng
向
ten (companies)
shí jiā
十家
China
Zhōngguó
中国
enterprise / company
qǐyè
企业
to sell
chūshòu
出售
H200 (Nvidia AI chip)
H200
H200
semiconductor chip
xīnpiàn
芯片
，
but / however
dàn
但
delivery of goods
jiāohuò
交货
until now / so far
zhìjīn
至今
to be blocked / to be stalled
shòuzǔ
受阻
。

the United States

to approve / to authorize

Alibaba (Chinese tech company)

Tencent (Chinese tech company)

and so on / et cetera

ten (companies)

enterprise / company

Nvidia (chip company)

H200 (Nvidia AI chip)

semiconductor chip

however / nevertheless

due to / because of

to apply pressure

enterprise / company

one after another / in succession

to pause / to put on hold

order / purchase order

until now / so far

not a single one

delivery of goods

HSK 4May 15

JPMorgan Chase (US bank)
Mógēn Dàtōng
摩根大通
will / to (future action)
jiāng
将
artificial intelligence
rén'gōng zhìnéng
人工智能
investment / to invest
tóuzī
投资
to classify as / to designate as
lièwéi
列为
core / central
héxīn
核心
infrastructure
jīchǔ shèshī
基础设施
，
annual / yearly
niándù
年度
technology
kējì
科技
budget
yùsuàn
预算
close to / approaching
jìn
近
$20 billion
200 yì měiyuán
200亿美元
。

JPMorgan Chase (US bank)

Mógēn Dàtōng

to announce / to declare

will / to (future action)

artificial intelligence

rén'gōng zhìnéng

expenditure / spending

again / anew / re-

to classify / to categorize

jīchǔ shèshī

to regard as / to treat as

experimental / trial

investment / to put into

HSK 3May 15

the United States
Měiguó
美国
April / the 4th month
4 yuè
4月
inflation rate
tōnghuò péngzhàng lǜ
通货膨胀率
to rise to / to climb to
shēng zhì
升至
3.8 percent
3.8%
3.8%
，
to set (a record)
chuàng
创
in three years / over the past three years
sān nián lái
三年来
new high
xīn gāo
新高
。

the United States

Department of Labor

to announce / to publish

April / the 4th month

commodity prices / prices of goods

year-on-year / compared to the same period last year

to rise / to increase

HSK 6May 15

the United States
Měiguó
美国
April / the 4th month
4 yuè
4月
producer / manufacturer
shēngchǎnzhě
生产者
price
jiàgé
价格
index
zhǐshù
指数
year-on-year
tóngbǐ
同比
to soar / to surge dramatically
biāoshēng
飙升
6 percent
6%
6%
，
to set (a record)
chuàng
创
end of 2022
2022 nián dǐ
2022年底
since (a point in time)
yǐlái
以来
largest / greatest
zuì dà
最大
increase / magnitude of rise
zhǎngfú
涨幅
。

the United States

April / the 4th month

Producer Price Index (PPI)

shēngchǎnzhě jiàgé zhǐshù

生产者价格指数

month-on-month / compared to the previous month

to rise / to increase

far exceeding / well above

expectation / forecast

HSK 5May 15

Xi Jinping (Chinese president)
Xí Jìnpíng
习近平
to warn / warning
jǐnggào
警告
Trump (US president)
Tèlǎngpǔ
特朗普
：
Taiwan
Táiwān
台湾
issue / problem
wèntí
问题
to handle / to deal with
chǔlǐ
处理
improperly / inappropriately
bùdàng
不当
will / would
jiāng
将
to cause / to make
shǐ
使
the two countries
liǎng guó
两国
to face / to confront
miànlín
面临
conflict / clash
chōngtū
冲突
risk
fēngxiǎn
风险
。

at / in / during

summit / summit meeting

on / above / at (location)

Xi Jinping (Chinese president)

to characterize as / to define as

dìngxìng wéi

China-US / Sino-American

relations / relationship

in / among / within

the most important

zuì zhòngyào

structural particle

issue / agenda item

HSK 2May 15

Microsoft (tech company)
Wēiruǎn
微软
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
in / at
zài
在
Japan
Rìběn
日本
to invest / investment
tóuzī
投资
$10 billion
100 yì měiyuán
100亿美元
to build / to develop
jiànshè
建设
artificial intelligence
rén'gōng zhìnéng
人工智能
data center
shùjù zhōngxīn
数据中心
。

Microsoft (tech company)

within four years

to invest / investment

100 yì měiyuán

to build / to develop

artificial intelligence

rén'gōng zhìnéng

shùjù zhōngxīn