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 (ga⁶ pua³ guê²) (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)