"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. - E' _1 r8 }$ H5 C& ?, j& W& W
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i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
: g$ o5 w' C3 B; z0 {公仔箱論壇Do you speak Chinese? <-- spokentvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; M& e3 E- V6 }7 V4 f3 f) J$ z# `7 P
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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