rickshaw

A rickshaw.

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• ricksha

Etymology

From Japanese 力車 (rikisha), an abbreviation for 人力車 (jinrikisha, “human-powered vehicle”).

Noun

rickshaw (plural rickshaws)

1. A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person

Translations

two-wheeled carriage

Chinese: Mandarin: 人力車 (cmn), 人力车 (cmn) (rénlìchē), 黃包車 (cmn), 黄包车 (cmn) (huángbāochē), 東洋車 (cmn), 东洋车 (cmn) (dōngyángchē) Min Nan: 人車 (lâng-chhia), 牽車 (khan-chhia), 手車 (chhiú-chhia), 人力車 (jîn-le̍k-chhia) Finnish: riksa (fi), rikša (fi) French: rickshaw (fr) m. <! -- pedicab: trishaw (fr) m. --> German: Rikscha (de) f. Hindi: रिक्शा (hi) (rikśā)

Hungarian: riksa (hu) Italian: risciò (it) m. Japanese: 人力車 (ja) (じんりきしゃ, jinrikisha), 人力 (ja) (じんりき, jinriki), 力車 (ja) (りきしゃ, rikisha) Portuguese: jinriquixá (pt), riquixá (pt) Russian: рикша (ru) (ríkša) m. Thai: รถลาก (th) (rót lâak) Vietnamese: xe kéo (vi), xe tay (vi) Volapük: rikjod (vo)

See also

• pedicab
• tuk-tuk

Verb

rickshaw (third-person singular simple present rickshaws, present participle rickshawing, simple past and past participle rickshawed)

1. to move someone by means of a rickshaw (noun sense)