"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 Z) {1 U7 t$ w
4 t! t5 n) ~. d6 [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。i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written公仔箱論壇" J+ o+ d0 b) a5 M) U6 Z* y) U! |# o* Q0 }
Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken
3 ~8 U2 `6 g; J, g; ^公仔箱論壇Are you Chinese? <-- adjective
0 ]; t ~1 Q: b
' V$ c6 t0 k( ^2 N' t8 ?5.39.217.77:8898Since 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.  |