"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
  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: 2 98 Disambiguation of Hong Kong Cantonese: 9 91

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          "english": "What he is saying does not have any point!",
          "ref": "佢講嘢都冇point嘅! [Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "佢讲嘢都冇point嘅! [Cantonese, simp.]\nkeoi⁵ gong² je⁵ dou¹ mou⁵ pon¹ ge²! [Jyutping]",
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