"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。& N/ }# W0 t* f/ w5 X- g3 X
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Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken
7 X- E$ O/ Z! `, `, `6 T8 u公仔箱論壇Are you Chinese? <-- adjective
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0 `: l( F- [3 Z7 ~& A. X2 f" x' A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.  |
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