兼职 jiānzhí to hold concurrent posts
to hold concurrent posts; concurrent job; moonlighting
How to remember 兼职: 兼 both + 职 duty = to hold concurrent posts.
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How it is used
- A part-time or concurrent job, or to hold one - 做兼职 (zuò jiānzhí) do part-time work; 他兼职当翻译 (tā jiānzhí dāng fānyì) he moonlights as a translator.
- The opposite of 全职 (quánzhí, full-time); 兼 means 'concurrently,' so it's an extra job held alongside a main one, or student/side work - 全职工作 (quánzhí gōngzuò) a full-time job.
- Works as both noun (the side job) and verb (to hold a job on the side).