"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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2 H1 r) G. | `( J6 H& }! S( aTVBNOW 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。i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
# O. t. @$ Z; uDo you speak Chinese? <-- spoken
9 k* l0 ]# t5 G! f% w& \5 I' \% J7 Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAre you Chinese? <-- adjective公仔箱論壇5 g; s9 |8 w' k+ V7 E" ~9 R
# {! o, Q0 K# F. [8 O; C: X! o k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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