# 湊合
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): còuhe, còuhé, còuhuo
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄡˋ ˙ㄏㄜ, ㄘㄡˋ ㄏㄜˊ, ㄘㄡˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄛ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cau$^3$ hap$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chheu-ha̍p
    (Hailu, HRS): ceu$^ˇ$ hab$^ˋ$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhàu-ha̍p / chhò-ha̍p / chhò͘-ha̍p
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: còuhe
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄡˋ ˙ㄏㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: còuhe̊
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻou$^4$-ho$^5$
*** Yale: tsòu-he
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsow.he
*** Palladius: цоухэ (couxɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰoʊ̯⁵¹ xə¹/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: còuhé
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄡˋ ㄏㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: còuhé
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻou$^4$-ho$^2$
*** Yale: tsòu-hé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsowher
*** Palladius: цоухэ (couxɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰoʊ̯⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
** (Beijing dialect)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: còuhuo
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄡˋ ˙ㄏㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: còuhuo̊
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻou$^4$-huo$^5$
*** Yale: tsòu-hwo
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsow.huo
*** Palladius: цоухо (couxo)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰoʊ̯⁵¹ xu̯ɔ¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cau$^3$ hap$^6$
*** Yale: chau hahp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsau$^3$ hap$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ceo$^3$ heb$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐu̯³³ hɐp̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chheu-ha̍p
*** Hakka Romanization System: ceu hab
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ceu$^4$ hab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰeu̯⁵⁵ hap̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ceu$^ˇ$ hab$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰeu¹¹ hap²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàu-ha̍p
*** Tâi-lô: tshàu-ha̍p
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhao'hap
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ hap̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hap̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰau²¹⁻⁵³ hap̚⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò-ha̍p
*** Tâi-lô: tshò-ha̍p
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhoirhap
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰo⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hap̚²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhò͘-ha̍p
*** Tâi-lô: tshòo-ha̍p
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhorhap
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ hap̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔ²¹⁻⁵³ hap̚⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tshuwH hop
Rime :
| Character | 湊 | 合 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) | 合 (160) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 倉奏切 | 侯閤切 |
| Baxter | tshuwH | hop |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰəu$^H$/ | /ɦʌp̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰəu$^H$/ | /ɦəp̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰəu$^H$/ | /ɣɒp̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰəw$^H$/ | /ɦəp̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰu$^H$/ | /ɣᴀp̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰəu$^H$/ | /ɣɒp̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡sʰə̯u$^H$/ | /ɣăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | còu | hé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cau$^3$ | hap$^6$ |

### Adjective

湊合
* (colloquial) passable; acceptable

#### Synonyms

* 一般 (yībān)
* 不大離 / 不大离 (bùdàlí) (regional)
* 勉強 / 勉强
* 巴巴結結 / 巴巴结结 (bāba-jiējiē) (regional)
* 平常 (píngcháng) (euphemistic)
* 說得過去 / 说得过去 (shuōdeguòqù)
* 過得去 / 过得去 (guòdeqù)
* 還可以 / 还可以 (háikěyǐ)
* 還好 / 还好 (háihǎo)
* 馬馬虎虎 / 马马虎虎 (mǎmǎhūhū)

### Verb

湊合
* (dated) to join; to converge; to merge
    From: Li Daoyuan, Commentary on the Water Classic, 386-534 CE
    Zuǒ huì Xièshù zhòng xī, pàiliú còuhé. [Pinyin]
    On (the river's) left side it meets the streams of Xieshu (county), where the waterways diverge and merge again.
* (colloquial) to gather together; to collect
* (colloquial) to make do; to accept reluctantly; to accommodate
* (colloquial) to improvise
* (dated) to match; to be comparable with; to be up to; to be at one with
    From: Various editors, Collected Conversations of Master Zhu, c. 13th century CE
    Rénxīn ruò cún dé zhè tiānlǐ, biàn yǔ lǐyuè còuhé dé zháo, ruò wú zhè tiānlǐ, biàn yǔ lǐyuè còuhé bù zháo. [Pinyin]
    If in one's xin (mind) there is a place for this li (absolute order), it's then possible for one to become at one with Propriety and Proper Music; otherwise, it's impossible for one to be so.

#### Synonyms

* (to gather together):
* 拼合 (pīnhé)
* 拼圖 / 拼图 (pīntú)
* 拼成 (pīnchéng)
* 拼接 (pīnjiē)
* 拼湊 / 拼凑 (pīncòu)
* 攢 / 攒 (cuán)
* (to make do):
* 勉強 / 勉强
* 好賴 / 好赖 (hǎolài)
* 委曲 (wěiqū)
* 將就 / 将就 (jiāngjiù)
* 糊弄 (hùnong) (colloquial)