| 凑 | còu | to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity |
| 紧凑 | jǐn còu | compact; terse; tight (schedule) |
| 拼凑 | pīn còu | to assemble; to put together |
| 凑合 | còu he | to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad |
| 凑巧 | còu qiǎo | fortuitously; luckily; as chance has it |
| 不凑巧 | bù còu qiǎo | unluckily |
| 凑份子 | còu fèn zi | to pool resources (for a gift, project etc) |
| 凑成 | còu chéng | to put together; to make up (a set); to round up (a number to a convenient multiple); resulting in... |
| 凑手 | còu shǒu | at hand; within easy reach; convenient; handy |
| 凑数 | còu shù | to serve as a stopgap; to make up a shortfall in the number of people |
| 凑热闹 | còu rè nao | to join in the fun; to get in on the action; (fig.) to butt in; to create more trouble |
| 凑近 | còu jìn | to approach; to lean close to |
| 凑钱 | còu qián | to raise enough money to do sth; to pool money; to club together (to do sth) |
| 凑齐 | còu qí | to collect all the bits to make a whole |
| 紧凑型车 | jǐn còu xíng chē | compact car model |
| 紧凑渺子线圈 | jǐn còu miǎo zǐ xiàn quān | Compact muon solenoid (CMS) |
| 杂凑 | zá còu | to put together various bits; to knock sth together |
| 高不凑低不就 | gāo bù còu dī bù jiù | 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 |
