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Jyutping zing3 zik1
Pinyin zhèng zhí

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. main job
  2. day job
  3. steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual)
  4. chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    主要​、​全​職​嘅​工作​(​量​詞​:​份​)
    main occupation; full-time job
    • 佢除咗正職,重有兩份兼職。
      佢除咗正职,重有两份兼职。
      keoi5 ceoi4 zo2 zing3 zik6, zung6 jau5 loeng5 fan6 gim1 zik1.
      Besides her full-time job, she has two part-time jobs.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    position of chief (Classifier: 個/个)
  2. noun
    main occupation (Classifier: 個/个)
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    别辞掉你的正职。
    別辭掉你的正職。
    bié cí diào nǐ de zhèng zhí 。
    • Don't quit your day job.
Examples (Tatoeba—Cantonese-English)
  1. Cantonese
    我返紧份唔chur嘅正职,因为我想有时间做我真正钟意做嘅嘢:写诗。
    我返緊份唔chur嘅正職,因為我想有時間做我真正鍾意做嘅嘢:寫詩。
    ngo5 faan2 gan2 fan6 m4 c h u r ge3 zing3 zik1 , jan1 wai6 ngo5 soeng2 jau5 si4 gaan3 zou6 ngo5 zan1 zing3 zung1 ji3 zou6 ge3 je5 : se2 si1 。
    • I have an undemanding day job so I can have time for my passion: writing poetry.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢除咗正职,重有两份兼职。
    佢除咗正職,重有兩份兼職。
    keoi5 ceoi4 zo2 zing3 zik6, zung6 jau5 loeng5 fan6 gim1 zik1.
    • Besides her full-time job, she has two part-time jobs.
  2. Cantonese
    佢正职系做导游,翻译只系副业啫。
    佢正職係做導遊,翻譯只係副業啫。
    keoi5 zing3 zik1 hai6 zou6 dou6 jau4, faan1 jik6 zi2 hai6 fu3 jip6 ze1.
    • He officially works as a tour guide, and does translation only as a sideline.
  3. Cantonese
    做几份长散,收入加埋同一份正职差唔多。
    做幾份長散,收入加埋同一份正職差唔多。
    zou6 gei2 fan6 coeng4 saan2, sau1 jap6 gaa1 maai4 tung4 jat1 fan6 zing3 zik1 caa1 m4 do1.
    • (If one) has several long-term temporary jobs, the combined salary will be similar to that of a full-time job.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    想成为斜杠族,必须同时兼顾正职与兼职的工作内容,或是掌握多份兼职作业,才能让收入维持在稳定状态。
    想成為斜槓族,必須同時兼顧正職與兼職的工作內容,或是掌握多份兼職作業,才能讓收入維持在穩定狀態。
    xiǎng chéng wèi xié gàng zú , bì xū tóng shí jiān gù zhèng zhí yǔ jiān zhí de gōng zuò nèi róng , huò shì zhǎng wò duō fèn jiān zhí zuò yè , cái néng ràng shōu rù wéi chí zài wěn dìng zhuàng tài .
    • If you want to be a slash guy, you have to take care of your main job and part-time job both, or all of your part-time jobs, to make your income stable.