凑 còu

piece together, assemble

HSK 6 #2193

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

凑合 còu he
HSK 6
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
紧凑 jǐn còu compact; terse; tight (schedule)
拼凑 pīn còu to assemble; to put together
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
凑近 còu jìn to approach; to lean close to
凑数 còu shù to serve as a stopgap; to make up a shortfall in the number of people
凑足 còu zú to scrape together enough (people, money etc)
凑份子 còu fèn zi to pool resources (for a gift, project etc)
七拼八凑 qī pīn bā còu assembled at random; a motley collection
不凑巧 bù còu qiǎo unluckily
凑付 còu fu to put together hastily; to make do with
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
凑趣 còu qù to comply in order to please others; to accommodate sb else's taste; to make fun of
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
紧凑型车 jǐn còu xíng chē compact car model
紧凑渺子线圈 jǐn còu miǎo zǐ xiàn quān Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)
杂凑 zá còu to put together various bits; to knock sth together; hash (computing); see also 散列[san3 lie4]
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
事不凑 shì bù còu things don't come together; implies that an expected outcome or plan did not materialize
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