充数 chōng shù

make up the numbers; be a stopgap

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 38251st word

Definitions

  1. 1. to make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number)
  2. 2. to serve as stopgap

Characters

Character Meaning
充 chōng HSK 5
to fill; full; sufficient
数 shù HSK 3
number; several; figure