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兼

jiān

HSK 5 Character

What 兼 means

1. double
2. twice
3. simultaneous
4. holding two or more (official) posts at the same time

Example sentences

• 汤姆日夜兼程。
  Tom is on the go day and night.
• 找兼职有多简单？
  How easy is it to find a part-time job?
• 鱼与熊掌不可兼得。
  You cannot eat your cake and keep it.
• 我得找一份兼职工作。
  Wǒ de zhǎo yī fèn jiānzhí gōngzuò.
  I'll have to find a part-time job.
• 这个诗人兼学者死了。
  The poet and scholar is dead.
• 他在公司里身兼要职。
  He holds an important position in the company.

Words starting with 兼

• 兼职jiān zhíto hold concurrent posts; concurrent job; moonlighting
• 兼任jiān rènto hold a concurrent post; part-time; (in academia) adjunct
• 兼顾jiān gùto handle two or more responsibilities at the same time…
• 兼容jiān róngcompatible
• 兼并jiān bìngto annex; to take over; to acquire
• 兼备jiān bèihave both
• 兼有jiān yǒuto combine; to have both
• 兼具jiān jùto combine; to have both
• 兼容性jiān róng xìngcompatibility
• 兼营jiān yínga second job; supplementary way of making a living
• 兼程jiān chéngto travel at double speed; to make all haste
• 兼优jiān yōuan all-rounder; good at everything
• 兼差jiān chāito moonlight; side job
• 兼爱jiān ài"universal love", principle advocated by Mozi 墨子
• 兼施jiān shīusing several (methods)
• 兼课jiān kèto teach classes in addition to other duties; to hold several teaching jobs
• 兼善天下jiān shàn tiān xià(idiom) to work for the common good beyond one's own interests
• 兼容并包jiān róng bìng bāoto include and monopolize many things; all-embracing
• 兼济天下jiān jì tiān xià(idiom) to make everyone's lives better
• 兼而有之jiān ér yǒu zhīto have both (at the same time)
• 兼并与收购jiān bìng yǔ shōu gòumergers and acquisitions (M&A)
• 兼蓄jiān xùto contain two things at a time; to mingle; to incorporate
• 兼收并蓄jiān shōu bìng xùincorporating diverse things (idiom); eclectic; all-embracing
• 兼听则明，偏信则暗jiān tīng zé míng , piān xìn zé ànlisten to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain…

Words containing 兼

• 统筹兼顾tǒng chóu jiān gùan overall plan taking into account all factors
• 品学兼优pǐn xué jiān yōuexcelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior…
• 软硬兼施ruǎn yìng jiān shīuse both carrot and stick; use gentle methods and force; an iron hand in a velvet glove
• 身兼shēn jiānholding two jobs simultaneously
• 司兼导sī jiān dǎodriver-guide
• 不兼容性bù jiān róng xìngincompatibility
• 内外兼修nèi wài jiān xiū(of a person) beautiful inside and out
• 公私兼顾gōng sī jiān gùto adequately take into account both public and private interests
• 德才兼备dé cái jiān bèi(idiom) possessing both integrity and talent
• 恩威兼施ēn wēi jiān shīto employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
• 才兼文武cái jiān wén wǔtalent in both military and civil field (idiom)
• 日夜兼程rì yè jiān chéngto travel day and night
• 相互兼容xiāng hù jiān róngmutually compatible
• 电磁兼容性diàn cí jiān róng xìngelectromagnetic compatibility
• 鱼与熊掌不可兼得yú yǔ xióng zhǎng bù kě jiān délit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time…

Characters that look like 兼

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 亲qīnparent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative
• 乘chéngto ride; to mount; to make use of
• 袭xí(bound form) to raid; to attack; (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate…
• 崇chónghigh; sublime; lofty
• 萧xiāo(old) Chinese mugwort; (bound form) desolate; dreary
• 聋lóngdeaf

Sounds the same

Read jiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 间between; among; within a definite time or space
• 坚strong; solid; firm
• 艰difficult; hard; hardship
• 肩shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 煎to pan fry; to sauté
• 监to supervise; to inspect; jail
• 尖pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing…
• 奸wicked; crafty; traitor
• 渐to imbue
• 笺letter; note-paper
• 歼to annihilate; abbr. for 歼击机
• 浅sound of moving water