"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent.
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. {# C9 K! z7 H( _6 ui.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written4 A: ^1 r' l/ e7 g, t% b" h7 y- ~, D, S
Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken
6 _( r9 x% s$ ^" {6 G/ ~5.39.217.76Are you Chinese? <-- adjective公仔箱論壇# }) T! B+ `7 y9 {3 ~
# h7 ~; g9 M' O a& C: B2 U* ISince 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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