"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. $ d {7 M- p- i! R4 g
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Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken6 L a+ g- P$ H, c5 b
Are you Chinese? <-- adjective
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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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