rickshaw

See also: 'rickshaw

English

A rickshaw in Kyoto.

Alternative forms

• ricksha
• rikisha
• rikshaw
• 'rickshaw

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 力車 (rikisha), an abbreviation of 人力車 (jinrikisha), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese 人力 (nyinlik "human power") + 車 (t͡ʃʰæ "cart") (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin rénlìchē 人力車). Invented in Japan circa 1869.

Noun

rickshaw (plural rickshaws)

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

Derived terms

• cycle rickshaw

Related terms

• jinriksha

Translations

two-wheeled carriage

• Arabic: رِيكْشَا f (rīkšā)
• Armenian: ռիկշա (hy) (ṙikša)
• Assamese: ৰিক্সা (riksa)
• Azerbaijani: rikşa
• Belarusian: ры́кша m (rýkša)
• Bengali: রিকশা (rikśa)
• Bulgarian: ри́кша (bg) (ríkša)
• Burmese: လန်ချား (my) (lanhkya:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 人力車／人力车 (jan⁴ lik⁶ ce¹), 人力车 (jan⁴ lik⁶ ce¹), 黃包車／黄包车 (wong⁴ baau¹ ce¹), 黄包车 (wong⁴ baau¹ ce¹), 東洋車／东洋车 (dung¹ joeng⁴ ce¹), 东洋车 (dung¹ joeng⁴ ce¹), 車仔／车仔 (ce¹ zai²), 车仔 (ce¹ zai²)

  Hakka: 人力車／人力车, 人力车 (ngìn-li̍t-chhâ)

  Mandarin: 人力車／人力车 (zh) (rénlìchē), 人力车 (zh) (rénlìchē), 黃包車／黄包车 (zh) (huángbāochē), 黄包车 (zh) (huángbāochē), 東洋車／东洋车 (zh) (dōngyángchē), 东洋车 (zh) (dōngyángchē), 洋車／洋车 (zh) (yángchē), 洋车 (zh) (yángchē)

  Min Nan: 人車／人车 (lâng-chhia), 牽車／牵车 (zh-min-nan) (khan-chhia), 手車／手车 (chhiú-chhia), 人力車／人力车 (jîn-le̍k-chhia)

• Czech: rikša (cs) f
• Danish: rickshaw c
• Dutch: riksja (nl) m
• Finnish: riksa (fi), rikša (fi)
• French: pousse-pousse (fr) m
• Georgian: რიქშა (ka) (rikša)
• German: Rikscha (de) f
• Greek: δίτροχη χειράμαξα f (dítrochi cheirámaxa)
• Hebrew: רִיקְשָׁה (he) f (riksha)
• Hindi: रिक्शा f (rikśā)
• Hungarian: riksa (hu)
• Indonesian: angkong (id), langcia (id), langca (id), becak (id)
• Italian: risciò m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)
• Kazakh: рикша (rikşa)
• Khmer: រថអូស (rŭət ʼouh), ឆែកែវ (km) (chae kaew) (from Vietnamese "xe kéo")
• Korean: 인력거 (ko) (illyeokgeo) (人力車 (ko))
• Lao: ຣົຖລາກ (rot lāk)
• Malay: beca, lanca
• Marathi: रिक्शा f (rikśā)
• Nepali: रिक्शा f (rikśā)
• Persian: ریکشا (fa) (rikšâ)
• Polish: riksza (pl) f
• Portuguese: jinriquixá, riquixá (pt)
• Romanian: ricșă (ro) f
• Russian: ри́кша (ru) m (ríkša)
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: rickshaw m
• Swedish: riksha (sv) c, rickshaw (sv) c
• Sylheti: ꠞꠤꠡ꠆ꠇꠣ (riśka)
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: รถลาก (th) (rót-lâak), สามล้อ (sǎam-lɔ́ɔ)
• Turkish: çekçek (tr)
• Ukrainian: ри́кша m (rýkša)
• Urdu: رکشہ f (rikśā)
• Uzbek: riksha (uz)
• Vietnamese: xe kéo, xe tay
• Volapük: rikjod
• Zulu: ilisho class 5/6

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)

Anagrams

• Harwicks