"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. 4 Z6 ~4 e5 b. \4 K+ q" G7 J
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Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken
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# y* `' K1 z- s1 qTVBNOW 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.  |