请问你能不在房间里吸烟吗?

Could you please not smoke in this room?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 请问 qǐngwèn Excuse me, may I ask...?
=2 you (informal, as opposed to courteous nín)
=2 you (Note: In Taiwan, is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, is used to address both males and females.)
=3 Néng surname Neng
=3 néng
  1. can
  2. to be able to
  3. might possibly
  4. ability
  5. (physics) energy
=3 nài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of (“to bear; to withstand”)
=3 tái
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
  2. alternative form of (“name of a Chinese constellation”)
=3 tài
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
  2. alternative form of / (tài, “bearing; apparition; form; shape; status; position”)
=3 nái
  1. (obsolete) mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
  2. mythical three-legged soft-shelled turtle
=3 tāi
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
  2. only used in 能始 (tāishǐ, “origin; root cause”)
=3 xióng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
  2. alternative form of (xióng, “bear”)
4 不在 zài
  1. not to be present
  2. to be out
  3. (euphemism) to pass away
  4. to be deceased
5 房间 fángjiān room

classifiers: ,

=6 variant of
=6
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written
=6 Li (surname)
=6
  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township zhèn and neighborhood lín levels
7 吸烟 yān to smoke
=8 (coll.) what?
=8 used in 嗎啡 fēi
=8 ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)