"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. / O8 E1 I% ~ `* w# ^% y6 r; A3 @ D
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Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken5.39.217.77:8898- v) }9 Y, L7 I5 q2 M6 S
Are you Chinese? <-- adjective
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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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