"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. ; P( ?' h$ j0 a; f1 Z
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i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
; L! w. K) i7 p5 BDo you speak Chinese? <-- spokentvboxnow.com1 i; q% p, [) w1 C# R
Are you Chinese? <-- adjective公仔箱論壇, ]4 J- E0 c0 G
3 o2 m8 R* X, R! v9 MSince 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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