Chinese symbol for “improvise”
凑合
còu he
Traditional: 湊合
to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise
The closest CC-CEDICT match for improvise is 凑合 (còu he), defined as: to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “improvise”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凑合.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 紧凑 (緊湊) | jǐn còu | compact; terse |
| 拼凑 (拼湊) | pīn còu | to assemble; to put together |
| 凑巧 (湊巧) | còu qiǎo | fortuitously; luckily |
| 凑热闹 (湊熱鬧) | còu rè nao | to join in the fun; to get in on the action |
| 凑齐 (湊齊) | còu qí | to collect all the bits to make a whole |
| 合作 | hé zuò | to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together |
| 综合 (綜合) | zōng hé | comprehensive; composite |
| 结合 (結合) | jié hé | to combine; to link |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.