出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/11/18 01:58 UTC 版)
Borrowed from Japanese 力車 (rikisha), a clipping 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)).
rickshaw (third-person singular simple present rickshaws, present participle rickshawing, simple past and past participle rickshawed)
Because the Japanese 力車 (rikisha) is an abbreviation of 人力車 (jinrikisha), some authors have insisted that the English term also be marked as an abbreviation, as if abbreviated from jinrickshaw.
'rickshaw (複数形 'rickshaws)
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