"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. % l) i9 f2 f9 A
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i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written公仔箱論壇& N* g. k+ ^- M7 ^% S% Y8 L" i4 S
Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken. t! E9 Q+ B% Z- l1 `' ?$ E$ a6 P: a
Are you Chinese? <-- adjective
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$ N; V4 X( |* W* m: G: KTVBNOW 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。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.  |