Originally Posted by
susiesan
How do the Chinese react if they are smoking in a non smoking area and you ask them to stop? Or do they just blow others off and keep smoking. I've noticed in other countries when a group of Chinese men are touring they smoke everywhere, no matter what signs prohibiting smoking say. They don't seem to care whether others around them are annoyed or not.
Ho do I say in Chinese " please don't smoke here"?
qing bie chou yan
请别抽烟
Here's a link to the pronunciation, which if its not correct they will not understand.
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindic...ase+no+smoking
If they do understand,they probably wouldn't be offended but think it was humorous.