"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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" W/ j5 g+ p! b( {3 X; G* ], R1 _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbi.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
$ U3 ?/ W* ?6 U7 K1 @. I a8 T公仔箱論壇Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken5 y# N3 _8 ^4 A. [; H
Are you Chinese? <-- adjective公仔箱論壇6 B% m9 T1 V3 Y8 J8 }" B
. n2 A2 U# c1 U2 t" T9 @/ Z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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