"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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i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- writtenTVBNOW 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。5 D: |2 S1 v7 ]% L+ K) I! y# y; N
Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken公仔箱論壇6 }) s# C1 c+ F: F- O5 ~' k
Are you Chinese? <-- adjectivetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: k8 }' d& N; ^$ N ?; |
K9 x; o O) Q1 Z+ J) ETVBNOW 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。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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