part-time

English

Etymology

From part +‎ time.

Adjective

part-time (not comparable)

1. For, during, or involving less than the normal time for some activity, especially the number of hours an employee works.

Alternative forms

• part time

Antonyms

• full-time

Derived terms

• part-time bowler
• part-time girlfriend
• part-timer

Related terms

• half-time

Descendants

• → Cantonese: part-time (paak¹ taai¹, paat¹ taai¹, paak¹ taam¹, paat¹ taam¹)
• → Dutch: parttime
• → Japanese: パートタイム (pātotaimu)
• → Korean: 파트타임 (pateutaim)
• → Portuguese: part-time

Translations

Anagrams

• tripmate

Chinese

Alternative forms

• parttime, part time

Etymology

Borrowed from English part-time.

Pronunciation

Noun

part-time

1. (Cantonese) part-time job (Classifier: 份 c)

   做part-time [Cantonese]  ―  zou⁶ paat¹ taai¹   ―  to work part-time

   • 唔係呀，唔係噉㗎，我想請你做part-time㗎咋！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     唔系呀，唔系噉㗎，我想请你做part-time㗎咋！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: WORKING!!無聊西餐廳 (Wagnaria!!), episode 1

     m⁴ hai⁶ aa³, m⁴ hai⁶ gam² gaa³, ngo⁵ soeng² ceng² nei⁵ zou⁶ paat¹ taai¹ gaa³ zaa³!

     No, you've got me all wrong, I just want to ask if you'd like to take on a part-time job!

   • 航空公司應該請乘客喺飛機上做下part-time，飛十幾個鐘冇嘢做，真係好悶。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     航空公司应该请乘客喺飞机上做下part-time，飞十几个钟冇嘢做，真系好闷。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2015, 花邊空姐 (fabincrew, pseudonym), 空姐飛常咁多事, page 102

     hong⁴ hung¹ gung¹ si¹ jing¹ goi¹ ceng² sing⁴ haak³ hai² fei¹ gei¹ soeng⁶ zou⁶ haa⁵ paat¹ taai¹, fei¹ sap⁶ gei² go³ zung¹ mou⁵ je⁵ zou⁶, zan¹ hai⁶ hou² mun⁶.

     The airline should hire passengers to work part-time on the plane. It's really boring to fly for more than ten hours without anything to do.

   • 先是因為一些小事而被公司解僱，接着好不容易在便利店找到份Part-time，結果竟然因為被投訴成日找錯錢，老闆一氣之下把他辭退，最後連同居了五年的女朋友亦因為一腳踏兩船而分手！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     先是因为一些小事而被公司解雇，接着好不容易在便利店找到份Part-time，结果竟然因为被投诉成日找错钱，老板一气之下把他辞退，最后连同居了五年的女朋友亦因为一脚踏两船而分手！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, 超媒體編輯組, 香港盂蘭夜話, page 75

     sin¹ si⁶ jan¹ wai⁶ jat¹ se¹ siu² si⁶ ji⁴ bei⁶ gung¹ si¹ gaai² gu³, zip³ zoek⁶ hou² bat¹ jung⁴ ji⁶ zoi⁶ bin⁶ lei⁶ dim³ zaau² dou³ fan⁶ paat¹ taai¹, git³ gwo² ging² jin⁴ jan¹ wai⁶ bei⁶ tau⁴ sou³ seng⁴ jat⁶ zaau² co³ cin^4-2, lou⁵ baan² jat¹ hei³ zi¹ haa⁶ baa² taa¹ ci⁴ teoi³, zeoi³ hau⁶ lin⁴ tung⁴ geoi¹ liu⁵ ng⁵ nin⁴ dik¹ neoi⁵ pang⁴ jau⁵ jik⁶ jan¹ wai⁶ jat¹ goek³ daap⁶ loeng⁵ syun⁴ ji⁴ fan¹ sau²!

     First, he was fired by his company for something trivial. Then, after finding a part-time job with much difficulty, because someone complained that he keeps giving back the wrong change, his boss fired him in a fury. In the end, he even broke up with his girlfriend who was living together with him for five years because of two-timing.

Synonyms

• 兼職／兼职 (jiānzhí)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English part-time.

Adjective

part-time m or f (plural part-times)

1. part-time

   trabalho part-time ― part-time job

Noun

part-time m (plural part-times)

1. a part-time job