錢七

Onomatopoeic, imitating sounds of old machines.

錢七

1. (Cantonese) old and dilapidated machine, especially a car; banger; beater (Classifier: 架 c; 部 c)
   • 1996 April 8, 天涯孤客, “28.8 modem”, in hk.entertainment‎^[1] (Usenet):

     個情況就好似早上屯門公路,就算畀架法拉里你都冇用,o係塞車o既時侯^{[sic – meaning 時候]}同架錢七一樣咁快(慢). [Cantonese, trad.]
     个情况就好似早上屯门公路,就算畀架法拉里你都冇用,o系塞车o既时侯^{[sic – meaning 時候]}同架钱七一样咁快(慢). [Cantonese, simp.]

     go³ cing⁴ fong³ zau⁶ hou² ci⁵ zou² soeng⁶ tyun⁴ mun⁴ gung¹ lou⁶, zau⁶ syun³ bei² gaa³ faat³ laai¹ lei^5-2 nei⁵ dou¹ mou⁵ jung⁶, hai² sak¹ ce¹ ge³ si⁴ hau⁶ tung⁴ gaa³ cin⁴ cat¹ jat¹ joeng⁶ gam³ faai³ (maan⁶). [Jyutping]

     The situation is like Tuen Mun Road in the morning. Even if I give you a Ferrari, it's pointless. When there's traffic, it's going to be as fast (slow) as an old banger.

   • 1999, 梁恩東, directed by 李淑雯, 夢想成真 [When Dreams Come True]‎^[2], episode 9, spoken by 寶安 (劉丹 [Danny Lau]):

     嗰隻噉嘅爆炸莊，中得個三獎嗰幾萬銀，就買架錢七去也文也武 [Cantonese, trad.]
     嗰只噉嘅爆炸庄，中得个三奖嗰几万银，就买架钱七去也文也武 [Cantonese, simp.]

     go² zek³ gam² ge³ baau³ zaa³ zong¹, zung³ dak¹ go³ saam¹ zoeng² go² gei² maan⁶ ngan⁴, a⁶ maai⁵ gaa³ cin⁴ cat¹ heoi³ jaa⁴ man⁴ jaa⁴ mou⁵ [Jyutping]

     That Explosive Chong won the third prize and got tens of thousands of dollars, and he bought an old banger to show off

   • 2018, “錢七 [Old Bomb]”, 藍奕邦 [Pong Nan] (lyrics), Goro Wong (music), performed by 周國賢 [Endy Chow]:

     你亦駕著部錢七在守候一call即到 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     你亦驾着部钱七在守候一call即到 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ jik⁶ gaa³ zoek⁶ bou⁶ cin⁴ cat¹ zoi⁶ sau² hau⁶ jat¹ ko¹ zik¹ dou³ [Jyutping]

     You're also driving an old banger waiting to come as soon as you get a call