kau cim
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Cantonese 求籤/求签 (kau4 cim1).
Noun
[edit]kau cim (uncountable)
- 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.