"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。1 M/ b& x3 B+ B( Z0 r# [, c! N" ~
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Do you speak Chinese? <-- spokenTVBNOW 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。6 @9 P: Q4 J9 `
Are you Chinese? <-- adjective
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$ |7 c- A% `) E7 GSince 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.  |