Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

直呼其名

zhíhūqímíng

ㄓˊ ㄏㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

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

大多數美國人似乎不反對我直呼其名。

dàduōshù Měiguórén sìhū bù fǎnduì wǒ zhíhūqímíng

Most Americans do not object to my calling them by their first names.

Keep 直呼其名 and it comes back until you know it.

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