risciò

Meaning

rickshaw, jinriksha

Concepts

rickshaw

ricksha

jinrikisha

jinricksha

jinriksha

Synonyms

ricsciò

Translations

riquixá

jinriquixá

Rikscha

pousse-pousse

rickshaw

rickshaw

trishaw

carro del culí

çekçek

δίτροχη χειράμαξα

Hyphenated as

ri‧sciò

Pronounced as (IPA)

/riʃˈʃɔ/

Etymology

From a phonetic adaptation of English rickshaw, from Japanese 力(りき)車(しゃ) (rikisha), a clipping of 人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ) (jinrikisha, literally “vehicle pulled by a person's power”), from Middle Chinese 人 (nyin, “person”) + 力 (lik, “strength, power”) + 車 (tsyhæ, “cart, vehicle”).