鋸雞 [锯鸡]

Jyutping goe3 gai1
Pinyin jù jī

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to a string and bow instrument (such as a violin) badly, making really awful sounds [colloquial]
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、俚語
    比喻​由​於​拉弦樂器​或者​唱歌​嘅​技巧​差​，​發​出​嘅​聲​音​難​聽​到​好似​雞​隻​被​屠宰​時發​出​嘅​慘​叫​聲​噉
    to produce irritable sounds by poor playing of string instruments or singing; literally: to saw a chicken
    • 隔籬屋陳師奶想個女入名校，逼佢練小提琴。而家朝朝鋸雞咁聲，真係攞我哋嚟受罪。
      隔篱屋陈师奶想个女入名校，逼佢练小提琴。而家朝朝锯鸡咁声，真系攞我哋嚟受罪。
      Mrs. Chan next door wants to get her daughter into good schools and forced her to practice the violin. Now our mornings are filled with screeches of that thing, and we are suffering with her daughter.
  2. 近義詞
    劏雞
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    隔篱屋陈师奶想个女入名校，逼佢练小提琴。而家朝朝锯鸡咁声，真系攞我哋嚟受罪。
    隔籬屋陳師奶想個女入名校，逼佢練小提琴。而家朝朝鋸雞咁聲，真係攞我哋嚟受罪。
    • Mrs. Chan next door wants to get her daughter into good schools and forced her to practice the violin. Now our mornings are filled with screeches of that thing, and we are suffering with her daughter.