jinrikisha
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of jinrikisha
First recorded in 1870–75; from Japanese, equivalent to jin “man, person” + -riki “power, strength” + -sha “vehicle, carriage” (from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese rénlì shē )
Example Sentences
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Vice Consul Kuramoto signalled a jinrikisha, stepped in, and that was the last anyone saw of him for five days.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through Hong Kong's twisting, crowded streets drove Gina Lollobrigida, riding alternately in a gold-painted Fiat and a jinrikisha, and extolling at every stop the virtues of Italian products.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is used largely in Hongkong for climbing the steep streets which are impossible for the jinrikisha.
From The Critic in the Orient by Fitch, George Hamlin
If a guest arrives in jinrikisha, not only the guest, but the jinrikisha men must be supplied with refreshments.
From Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition by Bacon, Alice Mabel
His assistants were assembled there and with them were eighty donkey boys, each with his donkey, a number of jinrikisha men with carts, and chair men with chairs.
From A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise by Jacob, Robert Urie
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