What are the three wheeled bike called that are used as transpor in Asia called?

Question

What are the three wheeled bike called that are used as transpor in Asia called?

Answer 1

In India they are called auto rickshaws (motorpowered).

In Thailand a similar version is called a tuk-tuk.

In Saigon the human powered tricycle is called a cyclo.

There is another tricycle operated in Penang, Malaysia but I don't remember what it's called.

Answer 2

In Thailand, Laos & Cambodia its called 'Tuk-tuk'. Though the similarity is obvious, there are some differences.

In India & Indonesia its called 'Bajaj' taken the name of the manufacturer (Bajaj Auto, India) of the auto rickshaws.

All these are the above are auto rickshaws.

In Malaysia, there are still some cycle rickshaws (tricycle) operators can be found in Penang, Malacca etc. Its called 'beca' (pronounced - bay  cha).

Indonesia = becak

Cambodia & Vietnam = 'cyclo' (pronounced see-clo).

Myanmar = saika (literally means side car)

Philippines = tricycle/traysikel, traysikad, pedicab, or padyak

Thailand = samlor

Answer 3

don't know the exact spelling but it's a rickshaw. I just spelled it phonetically

Answer 4

in vietnam it would be called a cyclo >>> xich lo. :)

Answer 5

A tlicycle

Answer 6

In my country, its call Trisaw

Answer 7

In Vietnamese, it is called "xich lo", which is actually just the Vietnamese pronunciation for the western-rooted word "cyclo", as demonstrated in http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112767/.

Answer 8

3 wheeled bike is a tricycle.

a bike with a sidecar/sidecab or one with a cab at the back is a rickshaw or trishaw.

Answer 9

in viet nam the are called "xich lo"[cyclo].. in lao they are called "loot tuc tuc"... they also have similare vertions in india, but the driver there sits in the front.

Answer 10

In Hanoi and Cambodia they are called cyclo. You sit at the front of the rider. During the day when there is lots of traffic they are fine but after hours when the traffic thins out and speeds up then they are quite dangerous. The only thin that keeps the roads relatively safe is that usually there is too much traffic for people to go too fast.

Answer 11

unpowered - rickshaw

powered - tuk-tuk

Answer 12

In Vietnamese: Xích lô, Xe ba bánh

Answer 13

English: Tricycle

Vietnamese: Xich-Lo

Answer 14

Not really sure which type of transportation you are talking about (because different country will have a different name for it). But in most of the case, I think you are referring to the cyclo in Vietnam and the Tuk-tuk in Thailand. It is also worth to notice that the first bicycle in the world (in the 18th - 19th century) had three wheels. Nowaday, it is still easy to find Tuk-tuk in Thailand, but you are very lucky in you can find one cyclo in Vietnam (the traditional one, im not talking about modern cyclo created for tourism purposes).

Answer 15

yeps.. in Vietnamese, it's called a xich lo. In English, it's like a rickshaw but instead of someone pulling it, they use a cycle.

Answer 16

a tuk-tuk