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兼职

jiān zhí

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 兼職

兼职 (jiān zhí) means "to hold concurrent posts". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 兼职 means

1. to hold concurrent posts
2. concurrent job
3. moonlighting

The characters in 兼职

• 兼jiāndouble; twice; simultaneous
• 职zhíoffice; duty

Example sentences

• 找兼职有多简单？
  How easy is it to find a part-time job?
• 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.
• 我必须找一份兼职工作。
  Wǒ bìxū zhǎo yī fèn jiānzhí gōngzuò.
  I have to find a part-time job.
• 我正在找一份兼职的工作。
  Wǒ zhèngzài zhǎo yī fèn jiānzhí de gōngzuò.
  I'm looking for a part-time job.
• 她以前是兼职厨师，后来做了全职。
  Tā yǐqián shì jiānzhí chúshī, hòulái zuò le quánzhí.
  She used to be a part time chef, then she became full time.
• 我太太兼职的工作赚进了一些额外的钱。
  Wǒ tàitai jiānzhí de gōngzuò zhuàn jìn le yīxiē éwài de qián.
  My wife's part-time job brings in a little extra money.

Sounds the same

Read jiān zhí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 坚执to persist; to continue upholding; to persevere

Where 兼职 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · jiǎn–jiān (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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