专职 zhuānzhí special duty
special duty; assigned full time to a task
How to remember 专职: 专 concentrated + 职 duty = special duty.
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How it is used
- Full-time, assigned exclusively to one role - 专职教师 (zhuānzhí jiàoshī) a full-time teacher; 专职司机 a dedicated driver.
- Contrasts directly with 兼职 (jiānzhí, part-time / holding a side job); the pair 专职/兼职 is standard.
- Stresses that the role is the person's sole duty, not a secondary one.
Example sentences
- 他是一位专职牙医。 Tā shì yīwèi zhuānzhí yáyī.He is a dentist by profession.