"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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! B/ _" t- g, a8 Q0 Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbi.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
5 c% y7 ?! j. z2 }4 N) ZTVBNOW 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
! F" q4 K4 W% q4 A& z2 ^3 c, \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAre you Chinese? <-- adjectivetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ S1 w( w" a1 l# ]9 J
+ K6 |" d( S9 I3 F l/ D' O# u$ ?5 k5 ESince 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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