凑近

湊近

còujìn

verb #26,842

Meanings

1 to move close to
2 to lean in
3 to approach

Characters

to gather; to piece together; to move towards

Examples

HSK 2

孩子们凑近看那只小猫。

Háizi men còujìn kàn nà zhī xiǎo māo.

The children moved in close to look at the little cat.

HSK 6

他凑近屏幕，仔细阅读上面的小字。

Tā còujìn píngmù, zǐxì yuèdú shàngmiàn de xiǎo zì.

He leaned close to the screen to carefully read the small text.

Tips

memory

凑 means 'to come together/gather' and 近 means 'near', to gather oneself close to something.

Stroke Order

凑 còu

近 jìn