"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/ v% m7 p4 Q _/ d& H& X: e
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i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
% v" L' E9 s2 w& E2 a, F3 j5.39.217.76Do you speak Chinese? <-- spokentvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. V) E" d# q: O; I
Are you Chinese? <-- adjectivetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 W) \0 S' r9 n/ G, ]1 j$ ^! b
) K; E5 C# J; i" ^/ aTVBNOW 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。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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