kau cim

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 求籤／求签 (kau4 cim1).

Noun

kau cim (uncountable)

1. A Chinese fortune telling practice involving numbered sticks that represent particular answers to questions.
   • 2022, Janice Barr, Northern Territory Literary Awards, page 28:

     Does not speak with words but pushes / His Kau Cim sticks into my hands.

Anagrams

• umiack