"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, r4 Q( v4 q- ~, K
+ W0 ?2 }% l) K$ y1 Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbi.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
; C: d3 H4 q4 l; QDo you speak Chinese? <-- spoken
, M# {5 o, T& M! G: L7 R5.39.217.76Are you Chinese? <-- adjectiveTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。& \2 c5 ]; z9 c( \) G
4 g. i% [1 m' z+ c) m5.39.217.76Since 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. |