# part-time
## English
### Etymology

From part +‎ time.

### Pronunciation

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### Adjective

part-time (not comparable)
* 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 (paak$^1$ taai$^1$, paat$^1$ taai$^1$, paak$^1$ taam$^1$, paat$^1$ taam$^1$)
* → 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

* Cantonese (Jyutping): paak$^1$ taai$^1$ / paat$^1$ taai$^1$ / paak$^1$ taam$^1$ / paat$^1$ taam$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: paak$^1$ taai$^1$ / paat$^1$ taai$^1$ / paak$^1$ taam$^1$ / paat$^1$ taam$^1$
*** Yale: pāak tāai / pāat tāai / pāak tāam / pāat tāam
*** Cantonese Pinyin: paak$^7$ taai$^1$ / paat$^7$ taai$^1$ / paak$^7$ taam$^1$ / paat$^7$ taam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pag$^1$ tai$^1$ / pad$^1$ tai$^1$ / pag$^1$ tam$^1$ / pad$^1$ tam$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaːk̚⁵ tʰaːi̯⁵⁵/, /pʰaːt̚⁵ tʰaːi̯⁵⁵/, /pʰaːk̚⁵ tʰaːm⁵⁵/, /pʰaːt̚⁵ tʰaːm⁵⁵/

### Noun

part-time
* (Cantonese) part-time job (Classifier: 份 c)
    做part-time [Cantonese] ― zou$^6$ paat$^1$ taai$^1$ [Jyutping] ― to work part-time
    From: WORKING!!無聊西餐廳 (Wagnaria!!), episode 1
    m$^4$ hai$^6$ aa$^3$, m$^4$ hai$^6$ gam$^2$ gaa$^3$, ngo$^5$ soeng$^2$ ceng$^2$ nei$^5$ zou$^6$ paat$^1$ taai$^1$ gaa$^3$ zaa$^3$! [Jyutping]
    No, you've got me all wrong, I just want to ask if you'd like to take on a part-time job!
    From: 2015, 花邊空姐 (fabincrew, pseudonym), 空姐飛常咁多事, page 102
    hong$^4$ hung$^1$ gung$^1$ si$^1$ jing$^1$ goi$^1$ ceng$^2$ sing$^4$ haak$^3$ hai$^2$ fei$^1$ gei$^1$ soeng$^6$ zou$^6$ haa$^5$ paat$^1$ taai$^1$, fei$^1$ sap$^6$ gei$^2$ go$^3$ zung$^1$ mou$^5$ je$^5$ zou$^6$, zan$^1$ hai$^6$ hou$^2$ mun$^6$. [Jyutping]
    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.
    From: 2016, 超媒體編輯組, 香港盂蘭夜話, page 75
    sin$^1$ si$^6$ jan$^1$ wai$^6$ jat$^1$ se$^1$ siu$^2$ si$^6$ ji$^4$ bei$^6$ gung$^1$ si$^1$ gaai$^2$ gu$^3$, zip$^3$ zoek$^6$ hou$^2$ bat$^1$ jung$^4$ ji$^6$ zoi$^6$ bin$^6$ lei$^6$ dim$^3$ zaau$^2$ dou$^3$ fan$^6$ paat$^1$ taai$^1$, git$^3$ gwo$^2$ ging$^2$ jin$^4$ jan$^1$ wai$^6$ bei$^6$ tau$^4$ sou$^3$ seng$^4$ jat$^6$ zaau$^2$ co$^3$ cin$^{4-2}$, lou$^5$ baan$^2$ jat$^1$ hei$^3$ zi$^1$ haa$^6$ baa$^2$ taa$^1$ ci$^4$ teoi$^3$, zeoi$^3$ hau$^6$ lin$^4$ tung$^4$ geoi$^1$ liu$^5$ ng$^5$ nin$^4$ dik$^1$ neoi$^5$ pang$^4$ jau$^5$ jik$^6$ jan$^1$ wai$^6$ jat$^1$ goek$^3$ daap$^6$ loeng$^5$ syun$^4$ ji$^4$ fan$^1$ sau$^2$! [Jyutping]
    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)
* part-time
    trabalho part-time ― part-time job

### Noun

part-time m (plural part-times)
* a part-time job