Chinese symbol for “moonlighting”
兼职
jiān zhí
Traditional: 兼職
to hold concurrent posts; concurrent job; moonlighting
The closest CC-CEDICT match for moonlighting is 兼职 (jiān zhí), defined as: to hold concurrent posts; concurrent job; moonlighting.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 兼职.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兼任 | jiān rèn | to hold a concurrent post; part-time; (in academia) adjunct |
| 兼并 (兼併) | jiān bìng | to annex; to take over |
| 兼顾 (兼顧) | jiān gù | to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) |
| 兼容 | jiān róng | compatible |
| 兼具 | jiān jù | to combine; to have both |
| 职业 (職業) | zhí yè | occupation; profession; vocation; professional |
| 职务 (職務) | zhí wù | post; position |
| 职工 (職工) | zhí gōng | employee; staff member; worker |
See also: Japanese symbol for “moonlighting”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.