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凑
湊
còu
1.
to gather together, pool or collect
2.
to happen by chance
3.
to move close to
4.
to exploit an opportunity
Common • Top 7%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
拼凑
pīncòu
to assemble
凑合
còuhe
to bring together
凑巧
còuqiǎo
fortuitously
凑成
còuchéng
to put together
凑手
còushǒu
at hand
凑数
còushù
to serve as a stopgap
凑趣
còuqù
to comply in order to please others
凑足
còuzú
to scrape together enough (people, money etc)
凑近
còujìn
to approach
凑钱
còuqián
to raise enough money to do sth
凑齐
còuqí
to collect all the bits to make a whole
紧凑
jǐncòu
compact
杂凑
zácòu
to put together various bits
不凑巧
bùcòuqiǎo
unluckily
凑份子
còufènzi
to pool resources (for a gift, project etc)
凑热闹
còurènao
to join in the fun
七拼八凑
qīpīnbācòu
assembled at random
紧凑型车
jǐncòuxíngchē
compact car model
紧凑渺子线圈
jǐncòumiǎozǐxiànquān
Compact muon solenoid (CMS)
高不凑低不就
gāobùcòudībùjiù
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
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,192
- Word Frequency Rank
- 5,578 of 84,292