jinrikisha

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jin⋅rik⋅i⋅sha

[

jin-rik-shaw, -shah]

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–noun

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; < Japn, equiv. to jin person + -riki power + -sha vehicle (< MChin, equiv. to Chin rénlì shē)

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jin·rik·sha or jin·rick·sha also jin·riki·sha (jĭn-rĭk'shô')

n. A small, two-wheeled carriage drawn by one or two persons.

[Japanese jinrikisha : jin, person (from Middle Chinese n^yin, rin) + riki, strength (from Middle Chinese lik) + sha, vehicle (from Middle Chinese chia).]

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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 It was used widely in the Orient but was largely superseded by the pedicab (q.v.), a ricksha driven by bicycle.

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