兼業

Chinese

		double; twice; simultaneous double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time	business; occupation; study
trad. (兼業)		兼	業
simp. (兼业)		兼	业

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānyè

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄧㄝˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiānyè
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jianyè
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹-yeh⁴
  - Yale: jyān-yè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianyeh
  - Palladius: цзянье (czjanʹje)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/

Verb

兼業

to engage in multiple businesses or works simultaneously

Japanese

Kanji in this term
兼	業
けん Grade: S	ぎょう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けんぎょー [kèńgyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kẽ̞ŋʲɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

兼(けん)業(ぎょう) • (kengyō)

a side business, sideline
兼業(けんぎょう)農家(のうか)
kengyō nōka
part-time farmer

副業(ふくぎょう)や兼業(けんぎょう)を禁止(きんし)する
fukugyō ya kengyō o kinshi suru
prohibit moonlighting or running a side business

Verb

兼(けん)業(ぎょう)する • (kengyō suru) suru (stem 兼(けん)業(ぎょう)し (kengyō shi), past 兼(けん)業(ぎょう)した (kengyō shita))

to operate a side business, operate multiple businesses simultaneously

Conjugation

Conjugation of "兼業する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	兼業し	けんぎょうし	kengyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	兼業し	けんぎょうし	kengyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	兼業する	けんぎょうする	kengyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	兼業する	けんぎょうする	kengyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	兼業すれ	けんぎょうすれ	kengyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	兼業せよ¹ 兼業しろ²	けんぎょうせよ¹ けんぎょうしろ²	kengyō seyo¹ kengyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	兼業される	けんぎょうされる	kengyō sareru
Causative	兼業させる兼業さす	けんぎょうさせるけんぎょうさす	kengyō saseru kengyō sasu
Potential	兼業できる	けんぎょうできる	kengyō dekiru
Volitional	兼業しよう	けんぎょうしよう	kengyō shiyō
Negative	兼業しない	けんぎょうしない	kengyō shinai
Negative continuative	兼業せず	けんぎょうせず	kengyō sezu
Formal	兼業します	けんぎょうします	kengyō shimasu
Perfective	兼業した	けんぎょうした	kengyō shita
Conjunctive	兼業して	けんぎょうして	kengyō shite
Hypothetical conditional	兼業すれば	けんぎょうすれば	kengyō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

See also

副業(ふくぎょう) (fukugyō)
サイドビジネス (saido bijinesu)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“兼業”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026