"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. TVBNOW 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。8 f: x; h9 {& S/ G% b$ a
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i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written# q! h" S, N# L( }5 x% h
Do you speak Chinese? <-- spokenos.tvboxnow.com6 Y+ h6 o4 ]' W, R
Are you Chinese? <-- adjective
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1 X3 r6 g% k$ H. |2 I0 o# U$ S( Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSince 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.  |
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