Chinese Grammar│To ask "What time is it" in Chinese

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Introduce：To ask "What time is it" in Chinese

What time is it?；幾點[几点]了?；jǐ diǎn le?

「幾 jǐ」is a question particle to ask "how many/much".
「點 diǎn」means "clock".
「了 le」indicates that an verb, behavior or event was completed ,have taken place, or take place in the future. See more in Grammar of「了 le」.

＊ To ask more politely：
 請問現在是幾點了?
[请问现       几点]
qǐng wèn xiàn zài shì jǐ diǎn le?

「請 qǐng」means "please".

「問 wèn」means "to ask".

「請問 qǐng wèn」means "may I ask".
「現在 xiàn zài」means "now, or current".

To answer time
1:00；一點；yì diǎn
1:15；一點十五；yì diǎn shí wǔ
1:15；一點十五分；yì diǎn shí wǔ fēn
1:15:45；一點十五分四十五秒；yì diǎn shí wǔ fēn sì shí wǔ miǎo
1:30；一點半；yì diǎn bàn
almost 1:30；快一點半；kuài yì diǎn bàn
almost 2:00；快兩點；kuài liǎng diǎn
It's 18:00 now；現在是十八點鐘；xiàn zài shì shí bā diǎn zhōng

＊「半 bàn」means "half".
＊「快 kuài 」means "quick , hurry up", but it means "almost" here.
＊「點鐘 diǎn zhōng」only can be used when it's exactly the hour, it same as "o'clock"
＊「秒鐘 miǎo zhōng、分鐘 fēn zhōng」is a unit of time
       It's same situation with the difference between "o'clock" and "hour".