"point" meaning in Chinese

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Noun

IPA: /pʰɔːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pʰɔːn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: pon¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], pōn [Cantonese, Yale], pon¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], pon¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English point. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|point}} English point Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} point, {{tlb|zh|Hong Kong Cantonese}} (Hong Kong Cantonese)
  1. point (of an argument); main idea; argument Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-point-zh-noun-fNkSWqVs
  2. levels in the wage scale Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-point-zh-noun-6W1kEfmc Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts, Hong Kong Cantonese Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 1 99 Disambiguation of Hong Kong Cantonese: 6 94
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          "english": "His idea makes some sense",
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          "roman": "keoi⁵ go³ pon¹ dou¹ gei² jau⁵ dou⁶ lei⁵",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "text": "佢個point都幾有道理",
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          "english": "His idea makes some sense",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "keoi⁵ go³ pon¹ dou¹ gei² jau⁵ dou⁶ lei⁵",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "text": "佢个point都几有道理",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "What he is saying does not have any point!",
          "raw_tags": [
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          "roman": "keoi⁵ gong² je⁵ dou¹ mou⁵ pon¹ ge²!",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "text": "佢講嘢都冇point嘅!",
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        {
          "english": "What he is saying does not have any point!",
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          ],
          "roman": "keoi⁵ gong² je⁵ dou¹ mou⁵ pon¹ ge²!",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "text": "佢讲嘢都冇point嘅!",
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          "main",
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          "idea",
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          "argument",
          "argument"
        ]
      ],
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        "Hong-Kong"
      ]
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          "english": "to increase in salary by moving up the wage scale",
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        "levels in the wage scale"
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      "zh-pron": "pōn"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "pon¹"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "pon¹"
    },
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          "english": "His idea makes some sense",
          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
          "roman": "keoi⁵ go³ pon¹ dou¹ gei² jau⁵ dou⁶ lei⁵",
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            "Cantonese"
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          "type": "example"
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            "Traditional Chinese"
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          "roman": "keoi⁵ gong² je⁵ dou¹ mou⁵ pon¹ ge²!",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "text": "佢講嘢都冇point嘅!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What he is saying does not have any point!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
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          "roman": "keoi⁵ gong² je⁵ dou¹ mou⁵ pon¹ ge²!",
          "tags": [
            "Jyutping",
            "Cantonese"
          ],
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        "point (of an argument); main idea; argument"
      ],
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          "main",
          "main"
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          "idea",
          "idea"
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          "argument",
          "argument"
        ]
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          "roman": "tiu³ pon¹",
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            "Cantonese",
            "Jyutping"
          ],
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        }
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      "zh-pron": "pon¹"
    },
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        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pōn"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pon¹"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pon¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɔːn⁵⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰɔːn⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "point"
}

Download raw JSONL data for point meaning in Chinese (2.6kB)

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