"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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2 x" ~; ^2 |, _7 j0 hTVBNOW 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。Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken
" |* T$ a0 p' C! t2 }0 Y2 P. _Are you Chinese? <-- adjective
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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.  |
發表於 2012-12-17 03:33 AM
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