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"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' K  D9 |0 o+ P( A0 I
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i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written) \* }$ g) d, G
Do you speak Chinese? <-- spokentvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" j. e8 K3 N! @) r, X
Are you Chinese? <-- adjective
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6 Q, p# E( T6 s( B, y& V* SSince 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.