直呼其名

Traditional form:

直呼其名

Pinyin (reading):

zhíhūqímíng

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 直 - straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
• 呼 - to breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call, to shout
• 其 - his, her, its, their; that
• 名 - name; position, rank, title

Traditional characters:

• 直 - straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank
• 呼 - to breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call, to shout
• 其 - his, her, its, their; that
• 名 - name; position, rank, title