"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. # A* Y+ O( w/ b
, ]5 k7 z4 ~7 L4 u8 ?公仔箱論壇i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- writtenos.tvboxnow.com5 r- v! b0 n! G2 I
Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken/ B3 A5 a' M! A5 ~% D4 N% H5 W# m
Are you Chinese? <-- adjective
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- B E1 R" b3 p9 l; htvb 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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