"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent.
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i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
^! {% [/ C% ? K3 _2 VTVBNOW 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。Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken
4 C' x+ D) Z( g. |. e) l# b$ O/ ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAre you Chinese? <-- adjective公仔箱論壇8 ` H) B3 O; R3 k4 |2 |
2 z5 t b0 q7 ^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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