Verbgather together; assemble; improvise

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Stroke order SVGs for the characters in 凑合.
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Character Breakdown

凑合 consists of 2 characters.

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
qiáng
còu
neutral
barely acceptable
Verb + Object
còu
shì
ér
informalSpoken
just get by
còu
dùn
fàn
informalSpoken
make do with a meal
Verb + Complementwith
còu
zhe
yòng
informalSpoken
make do with it

Example Sentences with 凑合

méi
yǒu
qián
zhǐ
néng
còu
chī
miàn
bāo
I don't have money, so I can only make do with eating bread.
shí
jiān
jǐn
men
zhǐ
néng
lín
shí
còu
jiǎn
dān
de
fāng
àn
Time is tight, so we can only improvise a simple plan for now.
nán
dào
suàn
jiù
zhè
yàng
còu
zhe
guò
bèi
zi
ma
Do you really plan to just muddle through like this for a lifetime?
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.
jué
còu
dìng
yào
zhǎo
dào
zuì
wán
měi
de
jiě
jué
fāng
àn
I will never settle for less; I must find the perfect solution.
zhōu
jiā
còu
zài
shāng
liáng
xià
yuè
de
xíng
huà
Over the weekend, everyone gathered together to discuss the travel plan for next month.
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.
yóu
quē
zhuān
gōng
gōng
chéng
shī
men
zhǐ
néng
còu
zhe
jìn
xíng
wéi
xiū
Due to a lack of professional tools, the engineers had to improvise the repairs.