xăm

See also: xam

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sam˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [sam˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [sam˧˧]
Homophone: săm

Etymology 1

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

Verb

xăm

to tattoo
hình xăm ― a tattoo

See also

Derived terms

xăm trổ

Etymology 2

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

Noun

(classifier que) xăm

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

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