兼 (jiān) means Simultaneously (concurrently). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
学生可以找 兼 职工作。
Xuésheng kěyǐ zhǎo jiānzhí gōngzuò.
Students can look for part-time work.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 兼职
安排工作要统筹 兼 顾。
Ānpái gōngzuò yào tǒngchóujiāngù.
Work must be arranged with all sides taken into account.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 统筹兼顾
宏观和微观都要 兼 顾。
Hóngguān hé wēiguān dōu yào jiāngù.
Both the macro and the micro must be attended to.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 微观
要 兼 顾经济效益和社会效益。
Yào jiāngù jīngjì xiàoyì hé shèhuì xiàoyì.
Both economic and social benefit must be considered.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 效益
他统筹 兼 顾，把几件事都办好了。
Tā tǒngchóujiāngù, bǎ jǐ jiàn shì dōu bàn hǎo le.
He planned it all together and got several things done well.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 统筹兼顾
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Words that contain 兼
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Questions about 兼
How is 兼 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 兼 (jiān, "Simultaneously (concurrently)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 兼 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 兼 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 兼?
The dictionary page for 兼 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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