"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. 6 y$ L8 ?/ B: X0 d: b1 [
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i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
8 l2 o' g' v+ {2 ^- s+ M6 [5.39.217.77Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken. b2 _8 q- q/ _ `2 d
Are you Chinese? <-- adjectivetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb i1 n7 `2 n- Q! `" E q
2 V3 f# t& q! `7 H7 k6 QSince 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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