to gather together, assemble

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Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
jīn
wǎn
de
fàn
cài
jiù
còu
chī
ba

Let's just make do with tonight's meal.

2
lái
còu
nào
cān
jiā
huì

He also came to join the fun at the party.

3
men
còu
qián
mǎi
le
fèn

We pooled money to buy a gift.

4
méi
yǒu
qián
zhǐ
néng
còu
chī
miàn
bāo

I don't have money, so I can only make do with eating bread.

5
zhè
ge
fáng
jiān
yǒu
diǎn
xiǎo
dàn
men
còu
zhù
wǎn

This room is a bit small, but we can manage to stay for one night.

6
suī
rán
tiáo
jiàn
xiǎng
dàn
jiā
hái
shì
còu
zhe
wán
chéng
le
rèn

Although the conditions were not ideal, everyone still managed to complete the task.

7
chū
mén
shí
còu
qiǎo
xià
le

It happened to rain when I went out.

8
jīn
tiān
còu
qiǎo
zài
chāo
shì
dào
le
lǎo
tóng
xué
men
liáo
le
huì
er

I happened to meet an old classmate at the supermarket today, and we chatted for a while.

9
zhèng
xiǎng
gěi
diàn
huà
còu
qiǎo
jiù
guò
lái
le
zhēn
shì
xīn
yǒu
líng

I was just about to call him, and he happened to call me at that moment, which shows we're on the same wavelength.

10
zhè
ge
fáng
jiān
hěn
jǐn
còu

This room is very compact.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes11
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#2008
Zhuyinㄘㄡˋ
Components
UnicodeU+51D1
CangjieEII
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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