粵

正zing3職zik1

simp正职
zing3 zik1zhèng zhí

English

  1. main job
  2. day job
  3. steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual)
  4. chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy)
  5. main occupation; full-time job

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 主要、全職嘅工作(量詞:份)

Examples

  • 我返緊份唔chur嘅正職,因為我想有時間做我真正鍾意做嘅嘢:寫詩。

    I have an undemanding day job so I can have time for my passion: writing poetry.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 别辞掉你的正职。

    Don't quit your day job.

    Tatoeba · mirrorvan CC BY

  • 佢除咗正職,重有兩份兼職。

    Besides her full-time job, she has two part-time jobs.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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