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.

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