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

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• 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

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

Synonyms

• 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)