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前面松哥老婆差点被车撞那一幕，他说请以华文(华语)和我老婆道歉。而因该是 Mandarin 而 不是 Chinese,因为 Chinese 指的是华人，华族。反而 Mandarin 指的是华文(华语)。 ...
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What's wrong with the word "Chinese"?  The word "Chinese" has multiple implications, just like any other words like "English" , "German" and "French"~~~   When you are in a place where majority of the public speaks Cantonese (which is a local dialect of Chinese), asking a person to "Speak Chinese" means you want that person to speak in that local dialect, i.e. Cantonese in this case! 6 v- Z- \6 J" J: Q5 Y) n: m
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I think your interpretation of "Chinese" being just a human race is far too superficial ~~~5.39.217.777 H0 Z* F9 V. ]) P$ y. n: g+ O