HSK 1
一、二/两、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、零；十、百；半
Basic cardinal numbers (0-100)
Explanation
These are the basic numbers in Chinese: 一 (1), 二/两 (2), 三 (3), 四 (4), 五 (5), 六 (6), 七 (7), 八 (8), 九 (9), 零 (0). 十 is 10 and 百 is 100. The number 2 has two forms: 二 is used when counting numbers (for example, 十二 is 12, 二百 is 200), while 两 is used before measure words (two people, two books). 半 means 'half' and is used to express time (for example, 八点半 is 8:30, 半个小时 is half an hour).
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