草臺班子

Chinese

		temporary performance stage built in the countryside	organised group; team; troupe
trad. (草臺班子)		草臺	班子
simp. (草台班子)		草台	班子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎotái bānzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄢ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎotái bānzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄢ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎotái banzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-tʻai² pan¹-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: tsǎu-tái bān-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaotair ban.tzy
    • Palladius: цаотай баньцзы (caotaj banʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ pän⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/

Noun

草臺班子

1. (literal, theater) small troupe touring rural areas
2. (figurative) makeshift, poorly-equipped or ad-hoc team