洋相 [－－]

Jyutping joeng4 soeng3
Pinyin yáng xiàng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. social gaffe or blunder
  2. faux pas
  3. see 出洋相[chu1 yang2 xiang4]
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    state of embarrassment; social gaffe or blunder
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    你要是再给我们公司出洋相，我可就不客气了。
    你要是再給我們公司出洋相，我可就不客氣了。
    nǐ yào shi zài gěi wǒ men gōng sī chū yáng xiàng ， wǒ kě jiù bù kè qi le 。
    • If you make fun of our company again, we certainly won’t be polite to you.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢谂住串人，点知原来自己系错嘅，真系出晒洋相喇。
    佢諗住串人，點知原來自己係錯嘅，真係出晒洋相喇。
    keoi5 nam2 zyu6 cyun3 jan4, dim2 zi1 jyun4 loi4 zi6 gei2 hai6 co3 ge3, zan1 hai6 ceot1 saai3 joeng4 soeng3 laa3.
    • He intended to mock someone else, but it turned out that he was wrong; he totally made an exhibition of himself.