"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent.
4 o k$ r" C8 I& Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb
3 B5 n- w. M7 _' {. Pi.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
$ s1 y2 E+ U, x- h" j% H' i, q% c2 l公仔箱論壇Do you speak Chinese? <-- spokenwww1.tvboxnow.com5 U0 J7 z$ g, A
Are you Chinese? <-- adjective; l" s+ \7 A4 a2 m
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 s: J# B; R; z
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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