外卖骑手

外賣騎手

wàimàiqíshǒu

noun

Measure Word

一名外卖骑手 míng

Meanings

1 food-delivery rider
2 delivery driver (on scooter)

Characters

hand (agent suffix)

Examples

外卖骑手大多骑电动车送餐。

Wàimàiqíshǒu dà duō qí diàndòngchē sòng cān.

Most food-delivery riders deliver meals by e-scooter.

他下班后兼职当外卖骑手。

Tā xiàbān hòu jiānzhí dāng wàimàiqíshǒu.

He moonlights as a food-delivery rider after work.

Tips

culture

外卖 = takeout (CC-CEDICT), 骑手 = rider (originally horse rider / jockey). The term is pervasive thanks to 美团 and 饿了么's armies of scooter couriers. A 2020 Renwu magazine article 《外卖骑手，困在系统里》 ('Delivery riders, trapped in the system') triggered a national debate about algorithm-driven working conditions in the gig economy.

Stroke Order

外 wài

卖 mài

骑 qí

手 shǒu