現眼

Chinese

		appear; present; now appear; present; now; existing; current	eye
trad. (現眼)		現	眼
simp. (现眼)		现	眼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiànyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁶ ngaan⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiān-gán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiànyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siànyǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-yen³
  - Yale: syàn-yǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannyean
  - Palladius: сяньянь (sjanʹjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jin⁶ ngaan⁵
  - Yale: yihn ngáahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁶ ngaan⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yin⁶ ngan⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²² ŋaːn¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-gán
  - Tâi-lô: hiān-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiexn'garn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² ɡan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ ɡan⁵³/

Verb

現眼

to make a spectacle or fool of oneself; to lose face

Synonyms

出土 (Hokkien)
出彩 (chūcǎi)
凸槌 (tūchuí) (Taiwanese Mandarin)
出洋相 (chū yángxiàng)
出醜／出丑 (chūchǒu)
咬破粿 (Teochew)
脫箠／脱棰 (Hokkien)
落屎 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
落漆 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
鬧笑話／闹笑话 (nào xiàohuà)

Derived terms

丟人現眼／丢人现眼 (diūrénxiànyǎn)

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