凑 meaning in English

còu

to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 湊11 strokes

Meaning of 凑

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

凑 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ们men所suǒ有yǒu人rén凑còu份fèn子zi给gěi老lǎo师shī买mǎi生shēng日rì礼lǐ物wù。
We all chipped in to buy our teacher a birthday present.
我wǒ们men大dà家jiā凑còu钱qián给gěi汤tāng姆mǔ买mǎi了le一yī份fèn生shēng日rì礼lǐ物wù。
We all chipped in to buy Tom a birthday present.
玛mǎ丽lì在zài沙shā发fā上shàng凑còu近jìn了le汤tāng姆mǔ。
Mary moved closer to Tom on the sofa.
你nǐ需xū要yào两liǎng个gè才cái能néng凑còu成chéng一yī对duì。
You need two to make a pair.
我wǒ们men东dōng拼pīn西xī凑còu借jiè到dào了le20万wàn。
We scraped together 200,000 yuan by borrowing from various people.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

凑 còu · to gather together · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 凑.

凑合còuheto bring together; to make do in a bad situation
凑巧còuqiǎofortuitously; luckily
紧凑jǐncòucompact; terse
拼凑pīncòuto assemble; to put together
凑齐còuqíto collect all the bits to make a whole

Questions about 凑

What does 凑 mean?

凑 (còu) means "to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 凑?

凑 is made of 1 character: 凑 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 凑 an HSK word?

Yes. 凑 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 凑 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 凑 is written 湊.