xăm
See also: xam
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sam˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [sam˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [sam˧˧]
- Homophone: săm
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Vietic *tʃəm (“to tattoo, to poke small holes”).
Verb edit
xăm
- to tattoo
- hình xăm ― a tattoo
See also edit
Derived terms
Etymology 2 edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 籤 (SV: thiêm). Compare tăm, thăm.
Noun edit
(classifier que) xăm