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Jyutping jin6 ngaan5
Pinyin xiàn yǎn

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to make a spectacle or fool of oneself; to lose face
    (syn.) 闹笑话, 脱棰, 出彩, 咬破粿, 脫箠, 出洋相, 出醜, 鬧笑話, 凸槌, 出丑
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)

現眼 [现-]

Jyutping
Pinyin xiàn yǎn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to embarrass oneself
  2. to make a fool of oneself
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呈现眼前
    呈現眼前
    cing4 jin6 ngaan5 cin4
    • to appear in front of me
  2. Cantonese
    去到唐人街,过年热闹嘅气氛展现眼前。
    去到唐人街,過年熱鬧嘅氣氛展現眼前。
    heoi3 dou3 tong4 jan4 gaai1, gwo3 nin4 jit6 naau6 ge3 hei3 fan1 zin2 jin6 ngaan5 cin4.
    • Chinatown is bustling during the Lunar New Year.
  3. Cantonese
    佢打完人之后就畀车撞到,呢啲咪现眼报啰。
    佢打完人之後就畀車撞到,呢啲咪現眼報囉。
    keoi5 daa2 jyun4 jan4 zi1 hau6 zau6 bei2 ce1 zong6 dou2, ni1 di1 mai6 jin6 ngaan5 bou3 lo1.
    • He got hit by a car after beating an innocent man. This is how justice is done.