湊
còu
piece together, assemble
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 水
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 4
Simplified form: 凑
Stroke order
Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 凑, the simplified form of 湊. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
你需要两个才能凑成一对。
Nǐ xū yào liǎng gè cái néng còu chéng yī duì
You need two to make a pair.
我凑到你耳边说。
Wǒ còu dào nǐ ěr biān shuō
Let me whisper in your ear.
我们所有人凑份子给老师买生日礼物。
Wǒ men suǒ yǒu rén còu fèn zi gěi lǎo shī mǎi shēng rì lǐ wù
We all chipped in to buy our teacher a birthday present.
玛丽在沙发上凑近了汤姆。
Mǎ lì zài shā fā shàng còu jìn le Tāng mǔ
Mary moved closer to Tom on the sofa.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words containing 凑
- 凑合còu he 4–5to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad
- 凑còu 4to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity
- 紧凑jǐn còu 3–4 compact; terse; tight (schedule)
- 凑巧còu qiǎo 4–3 fortuitously; luckily; as chance has it