xăm

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See also: xam

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

xăm

  1. to tattoo
    hình xăma tattoo

Etymology 2

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

Noun

xăm

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