表biu2錯co3情cing4

English

1. to react inappropiately to a situation due to a misunderstanding or a misinterpretation
2. (esp. in love affairs) to show the wrong emotion; to react inappropriately having misunderstood someone's meaning, usually something embarrassing would have happened because of that

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 因為一個錯誤嘅前設底下而講錯嘢／搞錯人哋意思，導致有尷尬場面，特別係男女關係方面會用

Examples

• 個男仔之前以為我送曲奇餅畀佢係同佢示愛，於是表錯情。

  The boy misunderstood that I gave him cookies as a sign of my love, causing some embarrassment.