Usage of the character 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