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Mainland China is the area under the control of People's Republic of China, excluding Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. Use this tag for questions specifically related to language and culture in the PRC.
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Why is Mainland China referred to as "大陸" (大陸)?
Question is pretty straight-forward, but why do Hong Kongers (don't know if others too) refer to Mainland China as daai6 luk6 ?
any historical reason for this or etymology?
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2 word (Mainland) versus 3 word (Hong Kong) Chinese names
I simply want to know why Chinese names from Mainland China are only two words (they can be 2 or 3 syllables) when written in their romanised or pinyin form).
Meanwhile almost all Hong Kong names I …