<p>Students’ primary occupation is ‘student’ so a part-time job is a secondary occupation. So do housewives. Because most part-time jobs are secondary occupations so they are usually translated as 兼职.</p>
<p>If a person only has a part-time job which is his primary occupation, then translate part-time as 兼职 is not accurate for him. In this case, you can call it 半职 or 半职工作. A full-time job is 全职 or 全职工作. However, 半职 is not often used. Please use 兼职 whenever possible.</p>
<p>Legally speaking, in the US, full-time jobs are defined as 21 hours or more per week, and in China, 24 hours per week. This is officially called 全日制工作. And a job less than this amount of hours is called 非全日制工作.</p>
<p>Ref：<a href="https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%85%A8%E6%97%A5%E5%88%B6%E5%8A%B3%E5%8A%A8%E8%80%85/7936087" rel="nofollow noreferrer">全日制劳动者</a></p>

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I worked in a restaurant as a full-time waiter, In the weekends, we would also have some part-time waiters caming in. We didn't care if those part-timers were full-time students or people only have weekend jobs, they were all 兼职待應 or 週末待應 to us
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<p>I searched up what each character means, and it doesn't make sense. 兼 means twice or simultaneously and 职 means job. So does it mean second job? I understand that some people have a part-time and full time job, which fits the definition. What about students who only have a part-time job?</p>

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Why is 兼职 part time job?
# Why is 兼职 part time job?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-02-02)

I searched up what each character means, and it doesn't make sense. 兼 means twice or simultaneously and 职 means job. So does it mean second job? I understand that some people have a part-time and full time job, which fits the definition. What about students who only have a part-time job?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-02-02. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Students’ primary occupation is ‘student’ so a part-time job is a secondary occupation. So do housewives. Because most part-time jobs are secondary occupations so they are usually translated as 兼职.

If a person only has a part-time job which is his primary occupation, then translate part-time as 兼职 is not accurate for him. In this case, you can call it 半职 or 半职工作. A full-time job is 全职 or 全职工作. However, 半职 is not often used. Please use 兼职 whenever possible.

Legally speaking, in the US, full-time jobs are defined as 21 hours or more per week, and in China, 24 hours per week. This is officially called 全日制工作. And a job less than this amount of hours is called 非全日制工作.

Ref：[全日制劳动者](https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%85%A8%E6%97%A5%E5%88%B6%E5%8A%B3%E5%8A%A8%E8%80%85/7936087)

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> **username_2**: I worked in a restaurant as a full-time waiter, In the weekends, we would also have some part-time waiters caming in. We didn't care if those part-timers were full-time students or people only have weekend jobs, they were all 兼职待應 or 週末待應 to us  

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