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·HSK 5April 17

Microsoft
Wēiruǎn
微软
April
sìyuè
四月
Patch Tuesday (monthly security update)
bǔdīng xīngqī'èr
补丁星期二
to fix / to patch
xiūfù
修复
167 / one hundred sixty-seven
yībǎi liùshíqī
一百六十七
(general measure word)
gè
个
vulnerability / security flaw
lòudòng
漏洞
，
including / containing
hán
含
two
liǎng gè
两个
zero-day
líng rì
零日
vulnerability / security flaw
lòudòng
漏洞
。

Patch Tuesday (monthly security update)

bǔdīng xīngqī'èr

补丁星期二

in total / altogether

to fix / to patch

(completion particle)

yībǎi liùshíqī

一百六十七

(general measure word)

security / safety

vulnerability / security flaw

among which / of which

including / containing

vulnerability / security flaw

qízhōng yī gè

to be subjected to / to suffer

in the wild / actively exploited

active / actively

to exploit / to use

to affect / impacting

SharePoint (Microsoft collaboration platform)

HSK 3April 17

United Kingdom / British
Yīngguó
英国
autonomous driving / self-driving
zìdòng jiàshǐ
自动驾驶
startup company
chūchuàng gōngsī
初创公司
Wayve (self-driving AI startup)
Wayve
Wayve
to receive / to obtain
huòdé
获得
$60 million
liùqiān wàn měiyuán
六千万美元
chip / semiconductor
xīnpiàn
芯片
giant / major player
jùtóu
巨头
joint / combined
liánhé
联合
investment
tóuzī
投资
。

United Kingdom / British

autonomous driving / self-driving

zìdòng jiàshǐ

startup company

chūchuàng gōngsī

Wayve (self-driving AI startup)

to announce / to declare

to close / to complete

liùqiān wàn měiyuán

六千万美元

financing / fundraising

investors / investing parties

including / comprising

AMD (semiconductor company)

Arm (chip architecture company)

Qualcomm (semiconductor company)

funds / capital

will / about to

to advance / to push forward

the company / said company

mapless / without HD maps

artificial intelligence / AI

réngōng zhìnéng

driving / to drive

technology / technique

(possessive/attributive particle)

deployment / to deploy

HSK 4April 17

Snap (social media company)
Snap
Snap
company / corporation
gōngsī
公司
to announce / to declare
xuānbù
宣布
to lay off workers / to cut jobs
cáiyuán
裁员
one thousand
yīqiān
一千
people / persons
rén
人
，
to state / to say
chēng
称
artificial intelligence / AI
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
technology / technique
jìshù
技术
to drive / to propel
tuīdòng
推动
personnel / staff
rényuán
人员
to streamline / to reduce headcount
jīngjiǎn
精简
。

Snap (social media company)

company / corporation

to announce / to declare

to cut / to reduce (staff)

approximately / about

(measure word for people)

employees / staff

accounting for approximately

global / worldwide

employees / staff

(possessive/attributive particle)

bǎifēnzhī shíliù

百分之十六

chief executive officer / CEO

shǒuxí zhíxínguān

首席执行官

Evan Spiegel (CEO of Snap)

to state / to indicate

artificial intelligence / AI

réngōng zhìnéng

technology / technique

progress / advancement

to enable / to make

small / small-scale

to be able to / can

to complete / to accomplish

more / greater amount

this time / this instance

restructuring / reorganization

expected to / projected

every year / annually

to save / to economize

more than / exceeding

wǔ yì měiyuán

HSK 6April 16

artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
demand
xūqiú
需求
to drive / to push
tuīdòng
推动
global / worldwide
quánqiú
全球
semiconductor
bàndǎotǐ
半导体
market
shìchǎng
市场
in 2026
2026 nián
2026年
sales revenue
xiāoshòu'é
销售额
to approach
jiējìn
接近
1 trillion US dollars
1 wànyì měiyuán
1万亿美元
。

institution / firm

to forecast / to project

driven by / because of

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

jīchǔ shèshī

construction / development

975.5 billion US dollars

9755 yì měiyuán

shēngchéngshì

AI (artificial intelligence)

expected to / likely to

alone / by itself

to break through / to exceed

500 billion US dollars

5000 yì měiyuán

major threshold / milestone

HSK 3April 16

2026
2026 nián
2026年
first quarter
dì yī jìdù
第一季度
global / worldwide
quánqiú
全球
venture capital investment
fēngxiǎn tóuzī
风险投资
to reach
dá
达
300 billion US dollars
3000 yì měiyuán
3000亿美元
historical
lìshǐ
历史
new high / record
xīngāo
新高
。

venture capital investment

fēngxiǎn tóuzī

300 billion US dollars

3000 yì měiyuán

breaking / surpassing

bǎifēnzhī yībǎi wǔshí

of which / among them

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

received / obtained

[completion marker]

242 billion US dollars

2420 yì měiyuán

total investment amount

zǒng tóuzī'é

bǎifēnzhī bāshí

HSK 2April 16

Bank of America
Měiguó Yínháng
美国银行
first quarter
dì yī jìdù
第一季度
stock / equity
gǔpiào
股票
trading
jiāoyì
交易
revenue / income
shōurù
收入
to grow / growth
zēngzhǎng
增长
30 percent
bǎifēnzhī sānshí
30%
，
to set (a record)
chuàng
创
15 years
shíwǔ nián
15年
best
zuìjiā
最佳
performance / results
yèjī
业绩
。

Bank of America

Měiguó Yínháng

to announce / to release

[completion marker]

results / performance

revenue / income

increased / grew

[completion marker]

bǎifēnzhī sānshí

HSK 4April 16

Hormuz
Huòěrmùzī
霍尔木兹
crisis
wēijī
危机
to trigger / to cause
yǐnfā
引发
Europe
Ōuzhōu
欧洲
aviation fuel / jet fuel
háng yóu
航油
shortage
duǎnquē
短缺
，
multiple / several
duō jiā
多家
airlines
hángkōng gōngsī
航空公司
to announce
xuānbù
宣布
to cancel
qǔxiāo
取消
flights
hángbān
航班
。

due to / because of

Strait of Hormuz

Huòěrmùzī Hǎixiá

霍尔木兹海峡

rose to / climbed to

one time / double

Sīkāndìnàwéiyà

斯堪的纳维亚

the month of April

reserves / stockpile

to maintain / to sustain

yuē shí tiān

HSK 5April 16

Pakistan
Bājīsītǎn
巴基斯坦
to indicate / to state
biǎoshì
表示
US-Iran
Měi-Yī
美伊
nuclear talks
hé tánpàn
核谈判
to achieve
qǔdé
取得
major / significant
zhòngdà
重大
breakthrough
tūpò
突破
。

military / armed forces

Chief of General Staff

zǒng cānmóuzhǎng

Asim Munir (Pakistani Army Chief)

Āxīmǔ Mùníěr

阿西姆·穆尼尔

leaders / leadership

to convey / to relay

[completion marker]

from / coming from

the United States

message / information

atmosphere / mood

noticeably / clearly

the White House

to reach / to achieve

the United States

to hint / to suggest

this (ongoing conflict)

imminent / about to

to end / to conclude

HSK 4April 16

Sweden
Ruìdiǎn
瑞典
large-scale
dàxíng
大型
study / research
yánjiū
研究
to find / to discover
fāxiàn
发现
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
can / is able to
kě
可
through / via
tōngguò
通过
routine / standard
chángguī
常规
health
jiànkāng
健康
data
shùjù
数据
to identify / to detect
shíbié
识别
melanoma
hēisè sù liú
黑色素瘤
high-risk
gāo fēngxiǎn
高风险
population / people
rénqún
人群
。

one / a (measure word for studies)

from / originating from

(structural particle)

to find / to discover

using / making use of

routine / standard

trained / to train

(structural particle)

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

hēisè sù liú

gāo fēngxiǎn

far superior to

traditional / conventional

assessment / evaluation

HSK 6April 16

Russia
Éluósī
俄罗斯
toward / at
xiàng
向
Ukraine
Wūkèlán
乌克兰
to launch / to carry out
fādòng
发动
nearly 700 (drones and missiles)
jìn 700 jià
近700架
drone / unmanned aerial vehicle
wúrén jī
无人机
and
jí
及
missile
dǎodàn
导弹
attack / strike
xíjī
袭击
，
to cause / resulting in
zàochéng
造成
at least
zhìshǎo
至少
16 people
16 rén
16人
to die / to be killed
yùnàn
遇难
。

2026 nián 4 yuè 16 rì

2026年4月16日

to launch / to fire

nearly 700 (drones and missiles)

to cause / resulting in

over 100 people

to date / so far

largest / most intense

(structural particle)

one / a single (instance)

aerial attack / air strike