noun
Colloquial abbreviation of ちゃりんこ. Very common in casual speech among all ages, but informal.
See also: ちゃりんこ
駅までチャリで10分くらいだよ。
It's about 10 minutes to the station by bike.
新しいチャリを買ったんだ。
I bought a new bicycle.
Shortened from ちゃりんこ, a colloquial word for bicycle. The origin of ちゃりんこ is uncertain, but it may be onomatopoeic or derived from a child's word.