noun
Colloquial, casual word for a bicycle. Common in everyday speech, especially in Kansai region.
駅までチャリンコで行くよ。
I'll go to the station by bike.
新しいチャリンコを買ったんだ。
I bought a new bicycle.
noun
child pickpocket
Dated slang for a child pickpocket. Rarely used in modern Japanese; the bicycle sense is overwhelmingly more common.
昔の小説に「チャリンコ」という言葉が出てきたが、自転車ではなくスリをする子供のことだった。
In an old novel, the word 'charinko' appeared, but it meant a child pickpocket, not a bicycle.