"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。3 @5 z" `7 m2 c Z- A# J
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i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- writtentvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& A/ @2 e F" k# u
Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken
# G/ [7 }; W; `/ @5.39.217.77Are you Chinese? <-- adjectivetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 f, ^' w$ I2 c5 l; p
3 L( F& v- W' j& q2 j6 r6 c" P% Ptvb 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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