"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. ! b9 j1 B# h+ G) K
) G! U! K9 y! {! [8 c5.39.217.77:8898i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
5 L& S+ j, G" Q* }6 Z9 oDo you speak Chinese? <-- spokentvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( |) d8 D$ ~/ F) ]/ q2 a. ~
Are you Chinese? <-- adjective- ~( p C! h5 l& E" u; R! W
" e1 S% f5 {% 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.  |
發表於 2012-12-17 03:33 AM
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