Dictionary › 凑

凑

còu

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character Traditional 湊

凑 (còu) means "to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 凑 means

1. to gather together, pool or collect
2. to happen by chance
3. to move close to
4. to exploit an opportunity

Example sentences

• 我凑到你耳边说。
  Let me whisper in your ear.
• 玛丽在沙发上凑近了汤姆。
  Mary moved closer to Tom on the sofa.
• 你需要两个才能凑成一对。
  You need two to make a pair.
• 真的凑巧，这两样现在还在维修。
  Zhēn de còuqiǎo, zhè liǎngyàng xiànzài hái zài wéixiū.
  By coincidence, these two are still being serviced.
• 我们所有人凑分子给老师买生日礼物。
  Wǒmen suǒyǒu rén còufènzi gěi lǎoshī mǎi shēngrì lǐwù.
  We all chipped in to buy our teacher a birthday present.
• 我们所有人凑份子给老师买生日礼物。
  We all chipped in to buy our teacher a birthday present.

Words starting with 凑

• 凑合còu heto bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by
• 凑热闹còu rè naoto join in the fun; to get in on the action; (fig.) to butt in
• 凑近còu jìnto approach; to lean close to
• 凑巧còu qiǎofortuitously; luckily; as chance has it
• 凑付còu futo put together hastily; to make do with
• 凑单còu dānto pad an order; to add extra items to an order so as to reach the minimum spend required…
• 凑成còu chéngto put together; to make up (a set); to round up (a number to a convenient multiple)
• 凑手còu shǒuat hand; within easy reach; convenient
• 凑数còu shùto serve as a stopgap; to make up a shortfall in the number of people
• 凑趣còu qùto comply in order to please others; to accommodate sb else's taste; to make fun of
• 凑足còu zúto scrape together enough (people, money etc)
• 凑钱còu qiánto raise enough money to do sth; to pool money; to club together (to do sth)
• 凑齐còu qíto collect all the bits to make a whole
• 凑份子còu fèn zito pool resources (for a gift, project etc)

Words containing 凑

• 紧凑jǐn còucompact; terse; tight (schedule)
• 拼凑pīn còuto assemble; to put together
• 杂凑zá còuto put together various bits; to knock sth together; hash (computing)
• 不凑巧bù còu qiǎounluckily
• 东拼西凑dōng pīn xī còu(idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces; to combine items from disparate sources
• 紧凑型车jǐn còu xíng chēcompact car model
• 高不凑低不就gāo bù còu dī bù jiùcan't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too…
• 紧凑渺子线圈Jǐn còu Miǎo zǐ Xiàn quānCompact Muon Solenoid (CMS)
• 七拼八凑qī pīn bā còuassembled at random; a motley collection

Characters built on 奏

These share the phonetic component 奏 (zòu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 揍zòuto hit; to beat (sb); (colloquial) to smash (sth)
• 辏còuto converge; hub of wheel
• 腠còuthe tissue between the skin and the flesh

Characters that look like 凑

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 唐tángto exaggerate; empty; in vain
• 渣zhāslag (in mining or smelting); dregs
• 谦qiānmodest
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 凄qīintense cold; frigid; dismal
• 傣DǎiDai ethnic group

Sounds the same

Read còu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 辏to converge; hub of wheel
• 腠the tissue between the skin and the flesh

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read còu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.