handcart
/ˈhændkɑːt/noun
उच्चारण हैन्ड्कार्ट
हाथ-गाड़ी, ठेला
Core word
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a small cart with wheels that is pushed or pulled by hand
हाथ-गाड़ी, ठेला
- The vegetable seller pushed his handcart down the lane.
- Workers loaded the sacks onto a handcart.
- Radhika bought oranges from a man with a handcart.
+ 3 more examples
- Two men pulled a heavy handcart through the crowded market.
- A handcart is cheaper than a truck for short deliveries.
- The old man sold sugarcane juice from a handcart.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
handcart (countable noun)
A handcart is a small cart with wheels that is pushed or pulled by hand. In India it is used by vendors, porters and for carrying goods in narrow lanes. The plural is handcarts.
Handcart पहियों वाली छोटी गाड़ी है जिसे हाथ से धकेला या खींचा जाता है; भारत में इसे विक्रेता और कुली संकरी गलियों में सामान ढोने के लिए प्रयोग करते हैं।
- The vegetable seller pushed his handcart down the lane.
- Three handcarts stood outside the market.
push / pull a handcart
The usual verbs are push and pull. Load a handcart with something or load something onto a handcart.
सामान्य क्रियाएँ push और pull हैं; 'load a handcart with' या 'load onto a handcart' भी आता है।
- He loaded the handcart with sacks of grain.
- Two boys pulled the handcart uphill.
on / in a handcart
Goods are carried on a handcart, and a person can sit in or on one in a story. Use on for goods on its flat base.
सामान handcart पर ले जाया जाता है; उसके समतल आधार पर रखी चीज़ के लिए 'on' आता है।
- The fruit was piled on a handcart.
handcart + noun
It can work as a modifier: handcart vendor, handcart wheel, handcart pusher.
यह modifier की तरह आ सकता है: handcart vendor, handcart wheel।
- The handcart vendor sells bananas near the temple.
+Collocations 4
verb + handcart
pushpullloadunloadparkborrow
- He parked his handcart under the banyan tree.
adjective + handcart
woodenheavyemptyloadedrustytwo-wheeled
- A rusty two-wheeled handcart stood by the wall.
handcart + noun
vendorsellerwheelhandleowner
- The handcart seller shouts the price of his vegetables.
goods + handcart
vegetablesfruitbricksluggagesacks
- Bricks were carried on a handcart to the building site.
“More examples 5
- Radhika's grandfather once sold fruit from a wooden handcart.
राधिका के दादाजी कभी लकड़ी की handcart से फल बेचा करते थे।
- Handcarts are common in the narrow lanes of old Delhi.
पुरानी दिल्ली की संकरी गलियों में handcarts आम हैं।
- The porter pushed the handcart full of luggage to the platform.
कुली सामान से भरी handcart को प्लेटफ़ॉर्म तक धकेल ले गया।
- During the lockdown, many handcart vendors lost their daily income.
लॉकडाउन के दौरान कई handcart विक्रेताओं की दैनिक आमदनी चली गई।
- A handcart overturned on the road, and mangoes rolled everywhere.
सड़क पर एक handcart पलट गई और आम चारों ओर लुढ़क गए।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He carried the sacks by a handcart.
✓ He carried the sacks on a handcart.
When the load is on the cart, use on, not by.
जब सामान गाड़ी पर रखा हो, तब 'on' आता है, 'by' नहीं।
✗ The seller is pushing the handcart since morning.
✓ The seller has been pushing the handcart since morning.
Since needs the present perfect continuous.
'Since' के साथ present perfect continuous आता है।