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Definition(s) for: 草台班子

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
草台班子 cǎo tái bān zi - small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages
- (fig.) makeshift band of individuals
- rough and ready outfit

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 101,592 84,926

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
草 cǎo- grass
- straw
- manuscript
- draft (of a document)
- careless
- rough
- CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
草 cào- variant of 肏[cao4]
草 cǎo- variant of 草[cao3]
台 tái- Taiwan (abbr.)
- surname Tai
台 tái- (classical) you (in letters)
- variant of 臺|台[tai2]
台 tái- desk; table; counter
台 tái- Taiwan (abbr.)
台 tái- platform
- stage
- terrace
- stand
- support
- station
- broadcasting station
- classifier for vehicles or machines
台 tái- typhoon
班 bān- surname Ban
班 bān- team; class; grade
- (military) squad
- work shift
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
子 zǐ- son
- child
- seed
- egg
- small thing
- 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
- viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
子 zi- (noun suffix)

Other Words Containing 草台班子

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo