Canton and Fujian are the two provinces in China from which the greatest numbers of people have emigrated, and among my students there are many who are of Chinese descent but who understand no Mandarin at all.
廣東和福建是我國兩個最大的僑鄉，同學裡有不少雖具有華人的血統，卻完全不懂得國語，有少數則通曉些許的粵語和閩南語。