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a small, two-wheeled, cartlike passenger vehicle with a fold-down top, pulled by one person, formerly used widely in Japan and China.
Also, jin·rick·sha, jin·rick·shaw, jin·rik·sha.
Also called rickshaw, ricksha.
Origin:
1870–75; < Japanese, equivalent to jin person + -riki power + -sha vehicle (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese rénlì shē)
1870–75; < Japanese, equivalent to jin person + -riki power + -sha vehicle (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese rénlì shē)
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| jinrikisha, jinricksha, jinrickshaw or jinriksha (dʒɪnˈrɪkʃɔː, -ʃə, dʒɪnˈrɪkʃɔː, -ʃə, dʒɪnˈrɪkʃɔː, -ʃə, dʒɪnˈrɪkʃɔː, -ʃə) | |
| —n | |
| other names for rickshaw | |
| [C19: from Japanese, from jin man + riki power + sha carriage] | |
| jinricksha, jinricksha, jinrickshaw or jinriksha | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from Japanese, from jin man + riki power + sha carriage] | |
| jinrickshaw, jinricksha, jinrickshaw or jinriksha | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from Japanese, from jin man + riki power + sha carriage] | |
| jinriksha, jinricksha, jinrickshaw or jinriksha | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from Japanese, from jin man + riki power + sha carriage] | |
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jinrikisha
(Japanese: "human-powered vehicle"), two-wheeled vehicle with a doorless, chairlike body and a collapsible hood, that holds one or two passengers and is drawn by a man between two shafts. It was used widely in the Orient but was largely superseded by the pedicab (q.v.), a ricksha driven by bicycle.
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