凑
巧

Fortuitously in Chinese: 凑巧 (còu qiǎo)

còu qiǎo

fortuitously

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 湊巧1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1fortuitously
  2. 2luckily
  3. 3as chance has it

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凑
巧

Zhuyin

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ㄘㄡˋ

còu

ㄘ/ cㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄑㄧㄠˇ

qiǎo

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

凑巧

Simplified

湊巧

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 真凑巧，我们又在这里遇见了。

    zhēn còu qiǎo， wǒ men yòu zài zhè lǐ yù jiàn le。

    What a coincidence, we ran into each other here again.

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Related words

巧

qiǎo

opportunely

凑

còu

to gather together, pool or collect

巧妙

qiǎo miào

ingenious

技巧

jì qiǎo

skill

凑合

còu he

to bring together

乖巧

guāi qiǎo

clever (child)

紧凑

jǐn còu

compact

灵巧

líng qiǎo

deft

碰巧

pèng qiǎo

by chance

恰巧

qià qiǎo

by chance

巧合

qiǎo hé

coincidence

巧克力

qiǎo kè lì

chocolate (loanword)

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