凑 - còu - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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凑 (湊)

còu

Definition

to gather together, pool or collect
to happen by chance
to move close to
to exploit an opportunity

Character Decomposition

Related words (19)

凑付

còu fu

to put together hastily; to make do with

凑合

còu he

to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad

凑巧

còu qiǎo

fortuitously; luckily; as chance has it

凑成

còu chéng

to put together; to make up (a set); to round up (a number to a convenient multiple); resulting in...

凑手

còu shǒu

at hand; within easy reach; convenient; handy

凑数

còu shù

to serve as a stopgap; to make up a shortfall in the number of people

凑趣

còu qù

to comply in order to please others; to accommodate sb else's taste; to make fun of

凑足

còu zú

to scrape together enough (people, money etc)

凑近

còu jìn

to approach; to lean close to

凑钱

còu qián

to raise enough money to do sth; to pool money; to club together (to do sth)

凑齐

còu qí

to collect all the bits to make a whole

凑份子

còu fèn zi

to pool resources (for a gift, project etc)

凑热闹

còu rè nao

to join in the fun; to get in on the action; (fig.) to butt in; to create more trouble

拼凑

pīn còu

to assemble; to put together

杂凑

zá còu

to put together various bits; to knock sth together; hash (computing); see also 散列

紧凑

jǐn còu

compact; terse; tight (schedule)

unluckily

assembled at random; a motley collection

紧凑型车

jǐn còu xíng chē

compact car model

Idioms (1)

高不凑低不就

gāo bù còu dī bù jiù

can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one

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