"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. ( Y0 c% Q( b3 j) q0 H H
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i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
7 `0 c* L) ^5 ], SDo you speak Chinese? <-- spoken
s# Z+ G8 ^6 u+ I6 L5 m公仔箱論壇Are you Chinese? <-- adjective
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2 @" a. N+ L: e5 f# fSince 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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