to combine, to do two or more things simultaneously

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
zài
xué
jiān
zuò
jiān
zhí
zhuàn
shēng
huó
fèi

He works part-time to earn living expenses during college.

2
men
yào
jiān
gōng
zuò
jiā
tíng
shēng
huó

We need to balance work and family life.

3
zhè
ge
chǎn
pǐn
jiān
bèi
měi
guān
shí
yòng
xìng

This product combines aesthetics and practicality.

4
zuò
jiān
zhí

He does a part-time job.

5
zhǎo
le
fèn
jiān
zhí
gōng
zuò
zhōu
zài
fēi
diàn
bāng
máng

I found a part-time job helping out at a coffee shop on weekends.

6
wèi
le
lěi
gōng
zuò
jīng
yàn
duō
xué
shēng
huì
xuǎn
zài
xué
zhī
cóng
shì
jiān
zhí

To gain work experience, many college students choose to take on part-time jobs alongside their studies.

7
zuò
huà
shí
yào
tǒng
chóu
jiān
néng
zhǐ
kǎo
fāng
miàn

When making plans, we must consider all aspects comprehensively and not focus on just one side.

8
zài
guǎn
xiàng
shí
lǐng
dǎo
zhě
yào
tǒng
chóu
jiān
mén
de
yuán
fēn
pèi

When managing a project, leaders need to coordinate and balance the resource allocation among all departments.

9
wèi
le
jìn
chí
zhǎn
zhèng
tǒng
chóu
jiān
jīng
zēng
zhǎng
huán
jìng
bǎo
zhī
jiān
de
guān

To promote sustainable development, the government must comprehensively balance the relationship between economic growth and environmental protection.

10
jiān
rèn
liǎng
gōng
zuò

He holds two jobs concurrently.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes10
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#1548
Zhuyinㄐㄧㄢ
Components
UnicodeU+517C
CangjieTXC
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality