轿子 (jiàozi): sedan chair

The traditional 花轿 (huājiào, 'flower sedan') — a richly decorated red palanquin carried by four or eight bearers — was the ceremonial vehicle for a bride being delivered to her groom's home. The phrase 八抬大轿 (bā tái dà jiào, '8-bearer big sedan') is still used metaphorically: 'I wouldn't go even if you sent an 8-man palanquin to fetch me' = absolutely refusing.

memory

轿 = 车 (vehicle radical) + 乔 (qiáo, tall) — a 'tall vehicle' carried up high on shoulders. 轿子 also lives on in the modern term 轿车 (jiàochē, 'sedan car') — passenger cars borrowed the name from the old palanquin.