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·HSK 5May 16

China
Zhōngguó
中国
April
4 yuè
4月
newly added / net new
xīnzēng
新增
loans
dàikuǎn
贷款
unexpectedly
yìwài
意外
to turn negative / to contract
zhuǎn fù
转负
，
credit
xìndài
信贷
demand
xūqiú
需求
sluggish / depressed
dīmí
低迷
。

newly added / net new

Chinese yuan (currency)

to shrink / to contract

negative 10 billion yuan

fù 100 yì yuán

expectations / forecast

structural particle

positive 300 billion yuan

zhèng 3000 yì yuán

HSK 4May 16

OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
to launch / to release
tuīchū
推出
consulting
zīxún
咨询
subsidiary company
zǐgōngsī
子公司
DeployCo (OpenAI deployment company)
DeployCo
DeployCo
，
to raise funds / financing
róngzī
融资
to exceed / more than
chāoguò
超过
$4 billion
40 yì měiyuán
40亿美元
。

OpenAI (AI company)

at / on (formal time marker)

formally / officially

to launch / to release

under the banner of / affiliated with

enterprise / business

division / department

DeployCo (enterprise AI consulting arm)

to receive / to obtain

19 (organizations)

investors / investment partners

structural particle

more than (formal)

40 yì měiyuán

support / backing

HSK 6May 15

Hua Hong Semiconductor (Chinese chipmaker)
Huáhóng Bàndǎotǐ
华虹半导体
to accelerate
jiāsù
加速
specialty / distinctive
tèsè
特色
process technology
gōngyì
工艺
strategic deployment / layout
bùjú
布局
，
to bet on / to wager
yāzhù
押注
AI (artificial intelligence)
AI
AI
to drive / to propel
qūdòng
驱动
(possessive/attributive particle)
de
的
demand
xūqiú
需求
growth
zēngzhǎng
增长
。

Hua Hong Semiconductor (Chinese chipmaker)

Huáhóng Bàndǎotǐ

华虹半导体

financial results / earnings

briefing / earnings call

shuōmíng huì

will (future marker)

chip / semiconductor

production capacity

in order to / so as to

to seize / to grasp

AI (artificial intelligence)

(possessive/attributive particle)

HSK 3May 15

Yemen
Yěmén
也门
conflict
chōngtū
冲突
both sides
shuāngfāng
双方
to agree
tóngyì
同意
to exchange
jiāohuàn
交换
more than / exceeding
chāoguò
超过
more than 1,600 (measure word for people)
1600 míng
1600名
detainees / those who are detained
bèi jūliú zhě
被拘留者
。

Houthis (Yemeni armed group)

armed forces / armed group

Amman (capital of Jordan)

agreement / accord

to release / to free

more than 1,600 people

bèi jūliú zhě

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