Telling the time in Mandarin

How to tell the time in Taiwanese, a variety of Southern Min spoken mainly in Taiwan.

English Taiwanese (台語)
What time is it? 這陣幾點? (chit-chun⁷ kui² tiam²?)
It's one o'clock 這陣一點 (chit-chun⁷ chit⁸ tiam²)
It's quarter past one 這陣一點十五分 (chit-chun⁷ chit⁸ tiam² chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's half past one 這陣一點半 (chit-chun⁷ chit⁸ tiam² poaⁿ³)
It's quarter to two 這陣一點四十五分 (chit-chun⁷ chit⁸ tiam² su³-chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's two o'clock 這陣兩點 (chit-chun⁷ nng⁷ tiam²)
It's quarter past two 這陣兩點十五分 (chit-chun⁷ nng⁷ tiam² chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's half past two 這陣兩點半 (chit-chun⁷ nng⁷ tiam² poaⁿ³)
It's quarter to three 這陣兩點四十五分 (chit-chun⁷ nng⁷ tiam² su³-chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's three o'clock 這陣十五分點 (chit-chun⁷ sam tiam²)
It's quarter past three 這陣十五分點十五分 (chit-chun⁷ sam tiam² chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's half past three 這陣十五分點半 (chit-chun⁷ sam tiam² poaⁿ³)
It's quarter to four 這陣十五分點四十五分 (chit-chun⁷ sam tiam² su³-chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's four o'clock 這陣四點 (chit-chun⁷ su³ tiam²)
It's quarter past four 這陣四點十五分 (chit-chun⁷ su³ tiam² chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's half past four 這陣四點半 (chit-chun⁷ su³ tiam² poaⁿ³)
It's quarter to five 這陣四點四十五分 (chit-chun⁷ su³ tiam² su³-chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's five o'clock 這陣五點 (chit-chun⁷ ngo² tiam²)
It's quarter past five 這陣五點十五分 (chit-chun⁷ ngo² tiam² chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's half past five 這陣五點半 (chit-chun⁷ ngo² tiam² poaⁿ³)
It's quarter to six 這陣五點四十五分 (chit-chun⁷ ngo² tiam² su³-chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's six o'clock 這陣六點 (chit-chun⁷ liok⁸ tiam²)
It's quarter past six 這陣六點十五分 (chit-chun⁷ liok⁸ tiam² chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's half past six 這陣六點半 (chit-chun⁷ liok⁸ tiam² poaⁿ³)
It's quarter to seven 這陣六點四十五分 (chit-chun⁷ liok⁸ tiam² su³-chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's seven o'clock 這陣七點 (chit-chun⁷ chhit tiam²)
It's quarter past seven 這陣七點十五分 (chit-chun⁷ chhit tiam² chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's half past seven 這陣七點半 (chit-chun⁷ chhit tiam² poaⁿ³)
It's quarter to eight 這陣七點四十五分 (chit-chun⁷ chhit tiam² su³-chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's eight o'clock 這陣八點 (chit-chun⁷ pat tiam²)
It's quarter past eight 這陣八點十五分 (chit-chun⁷ pat tiam² chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's half past eight 這陣八點半 (chit-chun⁷ pat tiam² poaⁿ³)
It's quarter to nine 這陣八點四十五分 (chit-chun⁷ pat tiam² su³-chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's nine o'clock 這陣四十五分點 (chit-chun⁷ kiu² tiam²)
It's quarter past nine 這陣四十五分點十五分 (chit-chun⁷ kiu² tiam² chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's half past nine 這陣四十五分點半 (chit-chun⁷ kiu² tiam² poaⁿ³)
It's quarter to ten 這陣四十五分點四十五分 (chit-chun⁷ kiu² tiam² su³-chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's ten o'clock 這陣十點 (chit-chun⁷ chap⁸ tiam²)
It's quarter past ten 這陣十點十五分 (chit-chun⁷ chap⁸ tiam² chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's half past ten 這陣十點半 (chit-chun⁷ chap⁸ tiam² poaⁿ³)
It's quarter to eleven 這陣十點四十五分 (chit-chun⁷ chap⁸ tiam² su³-chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's eleven o'clock 這陣十一點 (chit-chun⁷ chap⁸-it tiam²)
It's quarter past eleven 這陣十一點十五分 (chit-chun⁷ chap⁸-it tiam² chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's half past eleven 這陣十一點半 (chit-chun⁷ chap⁸-it tiam² poaⁿ³)
It's quarter to twelve 這陣十一點四十五分 (chit-chun⁷ chap⁸-it tiam² su³-chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's twelve o'clock 這陣十二點 (chit-chun⁷ chap⁸-ji⁷ tiam²)
It's quarter past twelve 這陣十二點十五分 (chit-chun⁷ chap⁸-ji⁷ tiam² chap⁸-ngo² hun)
It's half past twelve 這陣十二點半 (chit-chun⁷ chap⁸-ji⁷ tiam² poaⁿ³)
It's quarter to one 這陣十二點四十五分 (chit-chun⁷ chap⁸-ji⁷ tiam² su³-chap⁸-ngo² hun)
it's midnight 這陣午夜 (chit-chun⁷ po-ia)
it's midday 這陣中晝 (chit-chun⁷ tiong-tau³)
in the morning 早起時 (chai²-khi²-si⁵)
in the afternoon 下晡 (e⁷-po)
in the evening 暝時 (me⁵-si⁵)

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