人力车夫

人力車夫
rénlìchēfū
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 rickshaw puller
  2. 2 rickshaw driver

Examples

Mínguó shíqī, rénlìchēfū shì dà chéngshì chángjiàn de zhíyè.
In the Republican era, rickshaw pullers were a common occupation in big cities.
Lǎo Shě de 《Luòtuo Xiángzi》 xiě de jiùshì yī gè rénlìchēfū de gùshi.
Lao She's 'Rickshaw Boy' tells the story of a rickshaw puller.

Tips

history
Human-pulled rickshaws were the dominant urban transport in Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin from the late Qing through the 1940s. They were largely phased out after 1949; 三轮车 (sānlúnchē, pedicab) replaced them.

In Pop Culture

骆驼 Luòtuo Xiángzi
Rickshaw Boy / Camel Xiangzi
Lao She's 1937 novel about a Beijing rickshaw puller, the most famous literary portrait of the profession in Chinese.

Stroke Order

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