"Chinese" can mean the written OR the spoken language. It can also be used to describe people who are born of this descent. 公仔箱論壇7 ^2 v# h- p) i8 l( S
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i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- writtentvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 T+ d$ p8 } m0 ^
Do you speak Chinese? <-- spoken
2 O6 F4 O0 z% TTVBNOW 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。Are you Chinese? <-- adjective公仔箱論壇3 D1 g0 M% z4 ]7 Y' ]
9 t) c' i- u3 [9 \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。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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