"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent.
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3 g9 X: y% k4 Z公仔箱論壇i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
) U& B3 `) w: ~+ ~5 I8 D% etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDo 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。" V8 G- e0 Z/ C/ B# f
Are you Chinese? <-- adjectivewww1.tvboxnow.com6 `$ I r2 Z# w2 E# a n
% L* \4 O( l0 ]" N2 e: M" ]: fTVBNOW 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。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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