凑

• Pinyin: còu
• Desglose de hanzi: 凑 = 冫(ice) + 奏 (to play, gather)

Significado

Juntar/reunir; poner entre varios; apañarse; acercarse.

Multiple uses: pooling money (凑钱), making up a number (凑数), coming close (凑近), making do (凑合). Can also mean happening to coincide. Very common in casual speech.

Ejemplos

1. 大家凑点钱给老师买个生日礼物吧。
2. 他凑到我耳边悄悄告诉我那个秘密。
3. 为了凑够首付，她省吃俭用了三年。

Guía de uso

Contexto: everyday, money, social

Tono: practical

Correcto

• 我们凑份子请他吃饭。(Let's chip in together to treat him to dinner.)
• 凑巧我也在那儿。(By coincidence, I was there too.)

Incorrecto

• 我凑了一个完美的方案 (凑 implies gathering or making do, not creating perfection — use 制定 or 设计 instead)

Origen e historia

Originally meant 'to come together' or 'to approach.' Extended to mean gathering things, making up amounts, or coinciding.

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal