"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. 5 {! R. b1 d2 a
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Do you speak Chinese? <-- spokentvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 f8 v+ q' {: n0 E
Are 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。* J( x8 g2 {" k/ W5 ]
0 ]) S, g; P& n! L1 C1 U2 d8 Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSince 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.  |