xăm

See also: xam and xẩm

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sam˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [sam˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [sam˧˧]
  • Homophone: săm (Northern Vietnam)
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Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *tʃəm (“to tattoo, to poke small holes”).

Verb

xăm

  1. to tattoo
    hình xăm ― a tattoo
See also
  • xăm trổ

Etymology 2

    Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 籤 (SV: thiêm). Compare tăm, thăm.

    Noun

    (classifier que) xăm

    1. oracle; fortune stick (in temples)
      xin xăm ― to requests answers from a sacred oracle lot
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