"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. $ X' K1 j7 F7 }6 f/ G
# v- N0 r) q4 |& }) k公仔箱論壇i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written' D7 Z8 G" [! f- O8 e
Do you speak Chinese? <-- spokentvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# U9 b) W# c0 |; l
Are you Chinese? <-- adjectivetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: P6 X6 I5 ^8 R/ R$ t
- l" @9 a0 F* n1 N6 DSince 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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