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  • 1.1 Pronunciation
  • 1.2 Etymology 1
    • 1.2.1 Verb
      • 1.2.1.1 See also
  • 1.3 Etymology 2
    • 1.3.1 Noun

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Pronunciation

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

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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xăm

1. to tattoo hình xăm ― a tattoo

See also

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• xăm trổ

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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(classifier que) xăm

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

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