rickshaw
n. B2 Upper Intermediate UK //ɹˈɪkʃɔː// rick·shaw
n. a small, two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a person or a horse. You often see these in cities in Asia for short trips.
n. a small, two-wheeled vehicle, typically pulled by a person or a horse, used for short-distance transport in urban areas.
We took a rickshaw to the market.
The narrow streets of the old city are too small for cars, so most visitors use a rickshaw to get around.
While modern electric scooters have largely replaced the traditional rickshaw in many urban centers, the sight of a人力车 remains a nostalgic symbol of the city's colonial past.
Borrowed from Japanese 力(りき)車(しゃ) (rikisha), a clipping of 人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ) (jinrikisha), from Middle Chinese 人力 (nyin lik, “human power”) + 車 (t͡ʃʰæ, “cart”) (compare Mandarin 人力車 /人力车 (rénlìchē)).