兼任

Chinese

		double; twice; simultaneous double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (兼任)		兼	任
simp. ^#(兼任)		兼	任

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānrèn

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄖㄣˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gim¹ jam⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kiâm-yim

(Hailu, HRS): giam^ˋ rhim^˖
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiam-līm / kiam-jīm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiānrèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄖㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jianrèn
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹-jên⁴
  - Yale: jyān-rèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianrenn
  - Palladius: цзяньжэнь (czjanʹžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    兼任
    堅韌 / 坚韧
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gim¹ jam⁶
  - Yale: gīm yahm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gim¹ jam⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gim¹ yem⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiːm⁵⁵ jɐm²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiâm-yim
  - Hakka Romanization System: giam^ˊ im
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giam¹ yim⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯am²⁴⁻¹¹ im⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiâm-yim
  - Hakka Romanization System: giam^ˊ (r)im
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giam¹ yim⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯am²⁴⁻¹¹ (j)im⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: giam^ˋ rhim^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /kiam⁵³ ʒim³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiam-līm
  - Tâi-lô: kiam-līm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiamlim
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiam³³ lim⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiam⁴⁴⁻³³ lim³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kiam⁴⁴⁻²² lim²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiam-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: kiam-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiamjim
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiam⁴⁴⁻³³ zim³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiam⁴⁴⁻²² d͡zim²²/

Verb

兼任

to hold several jobs at once
to have a part-time job

Noun

兼任

concurrent job; moonlighting
part-time work; part-time job

Synonyms

兼職／兼职 (jiānzhí)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兼	任
けん Grade: S	にん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ɲ̟ːĩɴ]

Noun

兼(けん)任(にん) • (kennin)

serving in two dual capacities, serving in two posts concurrently

Verb

兼(けん)任(にん)する • (kennin suru) transitive suru (stem 兼(けん)任(にん)し (kennin shi), past 兼(けん)任(にん)した (kennin shita))

serve in two jobs or positions of responsibility concurrently, double as A and B
- 2022 November 9, 菅直人, quotee, “第210回国会　衆議院　経済産業委員会　第5号　令和4年11月9日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館:
  西村大臣は、経産大臣であると同時に、ＧＸ実行推進担当大臣を兼任されていると思います。
  Nishimura daijin wa, keizai daijin de aru to dōji ni, jī ekkusu jikkō suishin tantō daijin o kennin sarete iru to omoi-masu.
  I believe that Minister Nishimura is not only the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, but also the Minister in charge of promoting GX implementation.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "兼任する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	兼任し	けんにんし	kennin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	兼任し	けんにんし	kennin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	兼任する	けんにんする	kennin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	兼任する	けんにんする	kennin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	兼任すれ	けんにんすれ	kennin sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	兼任せよ¹ 兼任しろ²	けんにんせよ¹ けんにんしろ²	kennin seyo¹ kennin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	兼任される	けんにんされる	kennin sareru
Causative	兼任させる兼任さす	けんにんさせるけんにんさす	kennin saseru kennin sasu
Potential	兼任できる	けんにんできる	kennin dekiru
Volitional	兼任しよう	けんにんしよう	kennin shiyō
Negative	兼任しない	けんにんしない	kennin shinai
Negative continuative	兼任せず	けんにんせず	kennin sezu
Formal	兼任します	けんにんします	kennin shimasu
Perfective	兼任した	けんにんした	kennin shita
Conjunctive	兼任して	けんにんして	kennin shite
Hypothetical conditional	兼任すれば	けんにんすれば	kennin sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“兼任”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026