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"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. 5 i% \0 |, l5 b5 l1 F1 `

( }0 n5 b9 m2 m5 D% g. F( rTVBNOW 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。i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
' @. x% `0 B) I& l( K" O; YDo you speak Chinese? <-- spoken
6 L6 O4 H& E5 Z! W" q9 }, F公仔箱論壇Are you Chinese? <-- adjective/ o; H! w( x6 h5 g5 ]8 }9 r2 y

7 M1 {1 H  J! P, @( [( U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.