兼

jiān · jian

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. double
  2. twice
  3. simultaneous
  4. holding two or more (official) posts at the same time

In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)个(ge)诗(shī)人(rén)兼(jiān)学(xué)者(zhě)死(sǐ)了(le)。

The poet and scholar is dead.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by shekitten · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)在(zài)一(yì)家(jiā)报(bào)社(shè)兼(jiān)做(zuò)编(biān)辑(jí)和(hé)记(jì)者(zhě)。

She works as both an editor and a reporter at a newspaper.

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