出洋相

Chinese

		to go out; to come out; to occur to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas)	state of embarrassment; social gaffe or blunder
simp. and trad. (出洋相)		出	洋相

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chū yángxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ joeng⁴ soeng³
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): cud⁵ yong² xiong⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhut-iông-siòng / chhut-iâng-siàng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cug⁴ iang⁵ siang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chū yángxiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chu yángsiàng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹ yang²-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: chū yáng-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chu yangshianq
    • Palladius: чу янсян (ču jansjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ joeng⁴ soeng³
    • Yale: chēut yèuhng seung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ joeng⁴ soeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ yêng⁴ sêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ jœːŋ²¹ sœːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cud⁵ yong² xiong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰut̚¹ iɔŋ¹¹ siɔŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-iông-siòng
    • Tâi-lô: tshut-iông-siòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhut'iongsioxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-iâng-siàng
    • Tâi-lô: tshut-iâng-siàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhut'iangsiaxng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ iaŋ¹³⁻²² siaŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cug⁴ iang⁵ siang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuk iâng siàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuk̚²⁻⁴ iaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siaŋ²¹³/

Verb

出⫽洋相 (verb-object)

1. to perform in an amusing way
2. to make a fool of oneself

Synonyms

• (to make a fool of oneself):

• 出彩 (chūcǎi)
• 凸槌 (tūchuí) (Taiwanese Mandarin)
• 出醜／出丑 (chūchǒu)
• 咬破粿 (Teochew)
• 現眼／现眼 (xiànyǎn)
• 脫箠／脱棰 (Hokkien)
• 落屎 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 落漆 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 鬧笑話／闹笑话 (nào xiàohuà)