les continentaux

mainlanders, people from the mainland

→ continental

continent continent + aux masculine plural

noun · plural masculine Rare #43,224

mainlanders, people from the mainland In Hong Kong usage, refers to people from mainland China; the tone depends on context.

FR: Les continentaux viennent visiter Hong Kong.

EN: Mainlanders come to visit Hong Kong.

Mais ma tante dit que les continentaux n'aiment que les chansons de Teresa Tang.

But my aunt says people from the mainland only like Teresa Teng songs.

— Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)

Des écoles spéciales pour les continentaux.

Special schools for people from mainland France.

— Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)

Les continentaux rêvent de Hong Kong, mais les hongkongais rêvent d'ailleurs.

Mainlanders dream of Hong Kong, but Hong Kongers dream of somewhere else.

— Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)

Sais-tu combien il y a de continentaux ?

Do you know how many people from mainland France there are?

— Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)

Les hongkongais sont des continentaux.

Hong Kongers are mainlanders.

— Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)

Tante dit que si on aime Teresa Tang, on passe pour des continentaux.

Aunt says that if you like Teresa Teng, people think you're a mainlander.

— Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)