兼 jiān
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 丷 — horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
兼职
jiānzhí
to hold multiple jobs; part-time job
Characters in this word
职 zhí
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 耳 — ear
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她白天在公司上班，晚上兼职教中文。 Tā báitiān zài gōngsī shàngbān, wǎnshang jiānzhí jiāo Zhōngwén. She works at a company during the day and teaches Chinese part-time in the evening.
- 大学生可以利用假期去做兼职。 Dàxuéshēng kěyǐ lìyòng jiàqī qù zuò jiānzhí. University students can use the holidays to take a part-time job.
- 他找了一份兼职，每周去咖啡店工作两天。 Tā zhǎo le yí fèn jiānzhí, měi zhōu qù kāfēidiàn gōngzuò liǎng tiān. He found a part-time job and works at a coffee shop two days a week.
Related words
- 德才兼备 décáijiānbèi to have both moral integrity and ability
- 兼 jiān to hold two or more roles; concurrently; also
- 兼顾 jiāngù to balance; to give consideration to both
- 兼任 jiānrèn to concurrently hold another post
- 兼容 jiānróng to be compatible; to accommodate both
- 职工 zhígōng worker
- 职业 zhíyè profession
- 辞职 cízhí to resign
- 职能 zhínéng function; role
- 职位 zhíwèi job position
- 职务 zhíwù official position; duty
- 求职 qiúzhí to apply for a job