Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
xăm
- to tattoo
- hình xăm ― a tattoo
Etymology 2
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 籤 (SV: thiêm). Compare tăm, thăm.
Noun
xăm
- oracle; fortune stick (in temples)
- xin xăm ― to requests answers from a sacred oracle lot