rickshaw

See also: 'rickshaw

English

A rickshaw in Kyoto.

Alternative forms

ricksha, rikisha, rikshaw, 'rickshaw, riksha, ricsha

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 力車 (rikisha), an abbreviation of 人力車 (jinrikisha), from Middle Chinese 人力 (nyin lik, “human power”) +‎ 車 (t͡ʃʰæ, “cart”) (compare Mandarin 人力車／人力车 (rénlìchē)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪk.ʃɔː/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

rickshaw (plural rickshaws)

A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.

Derived terms

autorickshaw
cycle rickshaw
quickshaw

Related terms

jinriksha

Descendants

→ Italian: risciò
→ German: Rikscha (or directly from Japanese)

Translations

two-wheeled carriage

Arabic: رِيكْشَا‎ f (rīkšā)
Armenian: ռիկշա (hy) (ṙikša)
Assamese: ৰিক্সা (riksa)
Azerbaijani: rikşa
Belarusian: ры́кша m (rýkša)
Bengali: রিকশা (bn) (rikôśa), রিকশ (rikśó)
Bulgarian: ри́кша (ríkša)
Burmese: လန်ချား (my) (lanhkya:)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 人力車, 人力车 (jan⁴ lik⁶ ce¹), 黃包車, 黄包车 (wong⁴ baau¹ ce¹), 東洋車, 东洋车 (dung¹ joeng⁴ ce¹), 車仔, 车仔 (ce¹ zai²)
Hakka: 人力車, 人力车 (ngìn-li̍t-chhâ)
Mandarin: 人力車／人力车 (zh) (rénlìchē), 黃包車／黄包车 (zh) (huángbāochē), 東洋車／东洋车 (zh) (dōngyángchē), 洋車／洋车 (zh) (yángchē)
Min Nan: 人車 (lâng-chhia), 牽車 (zh-min-nan) (khan-chhia), 手車 (chhiú-chhia), 人力車 (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 (it) m, rickshaw (it) m, jinrikisha f
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(人力車) (ko) (illyeokgeo)
Lao: ຣົຖລາກ (rot lāk)
Malay: beca, lanca, lancia
Marathi: रिक्शा f (rikśā)
Nepali: रिक्शा f (rikśā)
Persian: ریکشا‎ (fa) (rikšâ)
Polish: riksza (pl) f, ryksza (pl) f
Portuguese: jinriquixá, riquixá (pt), charrete (pt)
Romanian: ricșă (ro) f
Russian: ри́кша (ru) m (ríkša)
Sinhalese: රික්ෂෝව (rikṣōwa)
Spanish: rickshaw (es) 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 (th) (sǎam-lɔ́ɔ)
Turkish: çekçek (tr)
Ukrainian: ри́кша m (rýkša)
Urdu: رکشہ‎ f (rikśā)
Uzbek: riksha (uz)
Vietnamese: xe kéo (vi), xe tay (vi)
Volapük: rikjod
Zulu: ilisho class 5/6

Verb

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

To move someone by means of a rickshaw.

Anagrams

Harwicks

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈriɡʃau/ [ˈriɣ̞.ʃau̯]
Rhymes: -iɡʃau
Syllabification: rick‧shaw

Noun

rickshaw m (plural rickshaws)

rickshaw