凑

• 병음: còu
• 한자 분석: 凑 = 冫(ice) + 奏 (to play, gather)

뜻

모으다/보태다; 가까이 다가가다; (부족한 것을) 맞추다

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.

예문

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。

사용 가이드

맥락: everyday, money, social

어조: practical

올바른 표현

• 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.)

피해야 할 표현

• 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)

기원과 역사

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

문화적 배경

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal