"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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+ \ Q7 W' D* g5 }" P1 p公仔箱論壇i.e. Can you read Chinese? <-- written
! ~4 p! D2 _8 c/ l( a9 y XDo you speak Chinese? <-- spoken公仔箱論壇 {) F8 d2 D. k$ V' K" p9 T: t) g
Are you Chinese? <-- adjective
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# T x# K @' Z9 x/ @. s9 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. ![](images/smilies/default/onion17.gif) |