半日工作

bànrìgōngzuò
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 part-time work (a half-day per day)
  2. 2 half-day job

Examples

Tā zài kāfēidiàn zuò bànrì gōngzuò.
She works a half-day shift at a coffee shop.
Tā xiǎng zhǎo yī fèn bànrì gōngzuò lái jiāngù xuéyè.
He wants to find a part-time job so he can balance his studies.

Tips

usage
半日工作 specifically means 'half-day per day' work (mornings or afternoons). For more general part-time work the modern term is 兼职 (jiānzhí) or (bànzhí); 半日工作 sounds slightly old-fashioned and is more common in Hong Kong / formal job ads.

Stroke Order

bàn
gōng
zuò