Usage of the character 凑
còu
凑
[湊]
- to gather together, pool or collect
- to happen by chance
- to move close to
- to exploit an opportunity
còuqù
凑趣
[湊趣]
- to comply in order to please others
- to accommodate sb else's taste
- to make fun of
còuqí
凑齐
[湊齊]
- to collect all the bits to make a whole
còujìn
凑近
[湊近]
- to approach
- to lean close to
còushǒu
凑手
[湊手]
- at hand
- within easy reach
- convenient
- handy
còuhe
凑合
[湊合]
- to bring together
- to make do in a bad situation
- to just get by
- to improvise
- passable
- not too bad
còuqián
凑钱
[湊錢]
- to raise enough money to do sth
- to pool money
- to club together (to do sth)
jǐncòu
紧凑
[緊湊]
- compact
- terse
- tight (schedule)
còufu
凑付
[湊付]
- to put together hastily
- to make do with
còuchéng
凑成
[湊成]
- to put together
- to make up (a set)
- to round up (a number to a convenient multiple)
- resulting in...
còuqiǎo
凑巧
[湊巧]
- fortuitously
- luckily
- as chance has it
còushù
凑数
[湊數]
- to serve as a stopgap
- to make up a shortfall in the number of people
zácòu
杂凑
[雜湊]
- to put together various bits
- to knock sth together
- hash (computing)
- see also 散列 (sǎnliè)
pīncòu
拼凑
[拼湊]
- to assemble
- to put together
còuzú
凑足
[湊足]
- to scrape together enough (people, money etc)
bùcòuqiǎo
不凑巧
[不湊巧]
- unluckily
còufènzi
凑份子
[湊份子]
- to pool resources (for a gift, project etc)
còurènao
凑热闹
[湊熱鬧]
- to join in the fun
- to get in on the action
- (fig.) to butt in
- to create more trouble
dōngpīnxīcòu
东拼西凑
[東拼西湊]
- (idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces; to combine items from disparate sources
jǐncòuxíngchē
紧凑型车
[緊湊型車]
- compact car model
qīpīnbācòu
七拼八凑
[七拼八湊]
- assembled at random
- a motley collection
Jǐncòu Miǎozǐ Xiànquān
紧凑渺子线圈
[緊湊渺子線圈]
- Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)
gāobùcòudībùjiù
高不凑低不就
[高不湊低不就]
- 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