Lesson 14 - 现在几点？

Asking the time and understanding the answer is a simple matter. See the dialogue below:
A.) 请问，你有手表吗？
B.) 有啊
A.) 现在几点？
B.) 现在九点二十三分。
A.) 谢谢！

Person A asks if B has a watch politely. B responds affirmatively. A asks the time. B says it is 9:23 right now. A says thank you.

To say the time you only need a number 1 - 12 followed by Dian3 点 and then another number for the minutes followed by fen1 分。 There are shortcuts also. Instead of saying 3:30 三点三十分 we can say 3 and a half 三点半， which is much faster in Chinese. Below are a number of examples:
四点五十三分 = 4:53
十二点半 = 12:30
八点十分 = 8:10
一点 = 1:00
七点四十五分 = 7:45
九点一刻 = 9:15 (writen as quarter after 9)

Have fun with this. 要好好玩！