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直呼其名

zhí hū qí míng

4-character word

What 直呼其名 means

1. to address sb directly by name; to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating familiarity or overfamiliarity)

The characters in 直呼其名

• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 呼hūto call; to cry; to shout
• 其qíhis; her; its
• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)

Example sentences

• 大多数美国人似乎不反对我直呼其名。
  Dàduōshù Měiguórén sìhū bù fǎnduì wǒ zhíhūqímíng.
  Most Americans do not object to my calling them by their first names.