"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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z1 ^/ S; w$ d" E- {公仔箱論壇i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
' s4 T5 f4 B$ e. C7 I$ t4 kDo you speak Chinese? <-- spokenos.tvboxnow.com$ a2 N9 y$ Q: F
Are you Chinese? <-- adjective0 P8 E2 D) \. m: `$ J' Q9 w
2 l$ d1 u$ W2 d0 [9 ?! {9 K! Mtvb 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.  |
發表於 2012-12-17 03:33 AM
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