"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. TVBNOW 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。3 a# I1 D& o0 o7 [( I0 h& D2 }
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Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken5.39.217.77:8898; z2 q3 l3 N8 R- j9 w* i, p: O9 d! e
Are you Chinese? <-- adjective
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; O+ Q5 p/ X! M p. i0 ]+ Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSince 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.  |