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正职

zhèng zhí

2-character word Traditional 正職

What 正职 means

1. main job
2. day job
3. steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual)
4. chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy)

The characters in 正职

• 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper
• 职zhíoffice; duty

Example sentences

• 别辞掉你的正职。
  Bié cídiào nǐ de zhèngzhí.
  Don't quit your day job.

Sounds the same

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

• 正值just at the time of; honest; upright
• 正直upright; upstanding; honest