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凑合 (còu he): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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凑合 (còu he): Gather together (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

凑合 consists of 2 characters.

to gather together, assemble

to close, to join, to combine

How to Use 凑合 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 凑合 with other words naturally.

Adverb + Verbwith勉强

miǎn勉

qiǎng强

còu凑

he合

neutral

barely acceptable

Verb + Object

còu凑

he合

shìr事

儿

informalSpoken

Verb + Complementwith用

còu凑

he合

zhe着

yòng用

Example Sentences with 凑合

wǒ我

méi没

yǒu有

qián钱

，

zhǐ只

néng能

just get by

còu凑

he合

yí一

dùn顿

fàn饭

informalSpoken

make do with a meal

informal

Spoken

make do with it

còu

凑

hé合

chī吃

miàn面

bāo包

。

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

Shí时

jiān间

tài太

jǐn紧

le了

，

wǒ我

men们

zhǐ只

néng能

xiān先

còu凑

he合

jǐ几

gè个

rén人

kāi开

gè个

duǎn短

huì会

。

Time is too tight, we can only gather a few people together first to have a short meeting.

shí时

jiān间

jǐn紧

pò迫

，

wǒ我

men们

zhǐ只

néng能

lín临

shí时

còu凑

hé合

yī一

gè个

jiǎn简

dān单

de的

fāng方

àn案

。

Time is tight, so we can only improvise a simple plan for now.

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nǐ你

nán难

dào道

dǎ打

suàn算

jiù就

zhè这

yàng样

còu凑

hé合

zhe着

guò过

yí一

bèi辈

zi子

ma吗

？

Do you really plan to just muddle through like this for a lifetime?

zhè这

ge个

fáng房

jiān间

yǒu有

diǎn点

xiǎo小

，

dàn但

wǒ

wǒ我

jué绝

bú不

còu凑

hé合

，

yí一

dìng定

yào要

zhōu周

mò末

dà大

jiā家

còu凑

hé合

zài在

yì一

qǐ起

suī虽

rán然

tiáo条

jiàn件

bù不

lǐ理

xiǎng想

，

dàn但

dà

yóu由

yú于

quē缺

fá乏

zhuān专

yè业

gōng工

jù具

，

gōng

我

men们

kě可

yǐ以

còu凑

hé合

zhù住

yī一

wǎn晚

。

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

zhǎo

找

dào到

zuì最

wán完

měi美

de的

jiě解

jué决

fāng方

àn案

。

I will never settle for less; I must find the perfect solution.

，

shāng商

liáng量

xià下

gè个

yuè月

de的

lǚ旅

xíng行

jì计

huà划

。

Over the weekend, everyone gathered together to discuss the travel plan for next month.

大

jiā家

hái还

shì是

còu凑

hé合

zhe着

wán完

chéng成

le了

rèn任

wù务

。

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

工

chéng程

shī师

men们

zhǐ只

néng能

còu凑

hé合

zhe着

jìn进

xíng行

wéi维

xiū修

。

Due to a lack of professional tools, the engineers had to improvise the repairs.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 凑合.

Words with 凑

凑巧còu qiǎo
紧凑jǐn còu

Words with 合

合格hé géHSK 4
合适hé shìHSK 4
符合fú héHSK 4
适合shì héHSK 4
合乎hé hū
合伙hé huǒ
合作hé zuò
合同hé tong