In the road sign below, we have the following:
非机动车靠右行驶
fēijīdòngchē kàoyòu xíngshǐ
Which breaks apart as:
However, I'm not clear on how 非机动车 means bicycle. Ordinarily, I would expect "bicycle" to be 自行车 (zìxíngchē), and I'm unfamiliar with this as an alternative.
Question: How does 非机动车 (fēijīdòngchē) mean "bicycle"?
It doesn't only means bicycle.
"非机动车" is non-motorized vehicle, NMV, including tractors,human cargo vehicles, animal-drawn vehicles, etc., according to the explaination of "非机动车" in Baidu Baike.
So bicycle is only one sort of NMVs and is used to reprensent NMV on the sign because it's very common.
No, it doesn't mean bicycle. the word 机动 means motorized or power-driven, the reason why you see a picture of bicycle in the sign is that bicycle is a very popular 非机动车
