兼 jiān
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 丷 — horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
兼任
jiānrèn
to concurrently hold another post
Characters in this word
任 rèn
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 壬 9th heavenly stem
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 校长兼任研究院院长后，必须回避与经费分配有关的重大决策。 Xiàozhǎng jiānrèn yánjiūyuàn yuànzhǎng hòu, bìxū huíbì yǔ jīngfèi fēnpèi yǒuguān de zhòngdà juécè. After the headmaster concurrently took the post of research institute director, he had to recuse himself from major decisions related to funding allocation.
- 王老师兼任三年级的班主任。 Wáng lǎoshī jiānrèn sān niánjí de bānzhǔrèn. Teacher Wang also serves as the homeroom teacher of the third grade.
- 他是公司的会计，同时兼任出纳。 Tā shì gōngsī de kuàijì, tóngshí jiānrèn chūnà. He is the company's accountant and concurrently serves as its cashier.
Related words
- 兼职 jiānzhí to hold multiple jobs; part-time job
- 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
- 兼容 jiānróng to be compatible; to accommodate both
- 任 rèn to serve as; to hold a post
- 任 rèn to let; no matter
- 任何 rènhé any
- 任务 rènwu task
- 信任 xìnrèn to trust
- 责任 zérèn responsibility
- 主任 zhǔrèn department head