草台班子 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 草臺班子 cǎotáibānzi ㄘㄠˇ ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄢ ˙ㄗ small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages makeshift band of individuals fig. rough and ready outfit Character by character 草(cǎo)grass 台(tái)Taiwan 班(bān)surname Ban 子(zi)noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair" A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0