"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; e' w; z9 S4 E# t- B1 x+ w1 w
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i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- writtentvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( ~: f6 n3 y# R/ e
Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken
8 ]+ ~+ J' i$ i% D4 J; OTVBNOW 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。Are you Chinese? <-- adjective& l* E( e' D/ `6 i5 V$ j3 C
3 I# U( i3 F$ h, a: `* e$ G公仔箱論壇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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