因为只有在特定的形状下才存在通用的意思，所以被中国殖民的地区可以通过同样的书面“词汇”的不同听觉版本，来保留它们当地文化的面貌。
The colonized were able to maintain aspects of their local culture through different aural versions of the same written “word” because the common meaning existed only in the shape.