湊 (cau3 | cou4) : gather together; move close to; chance upon

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湊

cau3

cou4

[1] gather together; pool; collect
[2] move close to; press near to
[3] chance upon; take advantage of
[4] [粵] look after; raise (a child) | [國] 帶

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

湊 / 凑

This word has been viewed 7297 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th Aug 2011 14:53

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湊合 cau3 hap6 cou4 he2 = improvise; make do; collect

湊巧 cau3 haau2 cou4 qiao3 = luckily; fortunately

睇嚟湊啦 tai2 lai4 cau3 laa1 = that depends 粵

湊合的 cau3 hap6 dik1 cou4 he2 de5 = [adj] makeshift 國

湊蹺 cau3 kiu2 = by coincidence; it so happens

湊啱 cau3 ngaam1 = round it up, gather the sufficient amount 粵

湊數 cau3 sou3 = round it up, gather the sufficient amount

湊夠數 cau3 gau3 sou3 = round it up, gather the sufficient amount

湊啱條數 cau3 ngaam1 tiu4 sou3 = balance the account 粵

湊埋條數 cau3 maai4 tiu4 sou3 = balance the account 粵
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Showing 1 example containing 湊

我好憎湊細蚊仔粵 ?!
I hate looking after brats.
[Lit. I very hate look-after little-mosquitoes.]

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 湊
Unicode code for this character: U+6e4a (off-site link)

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