"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. 公仔箱論壇: N) b# ^+ U Z: W P/ l* U, r2 S
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i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
2 N# Y/ I5 v$ lDo you speak Chinese? <-- spoken
! {: N$ T4 E+ C4 \: o. e+ u公仔箱論壇Are you Chinese? <-- adjective
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( E: O4 D% `; G8 L+ [' n公仔箱論壇Since this series takes place in an era of HK before the late 1990s (before it is officially returned as a part of China), "Chinese" can be loosely used to mean Cantonese, since Mandarin hasn't been established as a common dialect of China yet. On the other hand, Cantonese is the predominant language of the local area. So, I think what 松哥 said is acceptable.  |
發表於 2012-12-17 03:33 AM
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