We’ll now learn talking about parts of the human body as well as some useful Cambodian (Khmer) words and phrases related to Health and Illnesses. Let’s hope you’ll never need them, but better be prepared than sorry as they say…

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Cambodian (Khmer)“.

Body & Health in Cambodian (Khmer)

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The Body

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
bodyរាងកាយreangkay
headក្បាលkbal
faceមុខងារmoukhngear
eyeភ្នែកphnek
earត្រចៀកtrachiek
noseច្រមុះchro moh
mouthមាត់mat
tongueអណ្តាតandat
neckករkor
chestដើមទ្រូងdoem trung
back / shoulderស្មាsma
stomachពោះpous
heartបេះដូងbeh daung
armដៃdai
elbowកែងដៃkeng dai
handប្រអប់ដៃpro ab dai
right handដៃស្តាំdai sdam
left handដៃឆ្វេងdai chveng
fingerម្រាមដៃmream dai
legជើងcheung
footប្រអប់ជើងpro ob cheung
skinស្បែកsbek
hairសក់sak
toothធ្មេញthmenh
bloodឈាមchheam

Health & Illnesses

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
healthyសុខភាពsokhpheap
ill / sickជម្ងឺchomngeu
acheឈឺchheu
My [...] aches. / My [...] hurts.[...]របស់ខ្ញុំឈឺ[...] robos khnhom chheu.
My [...] ache. / My [...] hurt.[...]របស់ខ្ញុំឈឺ[...] robo khnhom cheu.
I have a stomach ache.ខ្ញុំឈឺពោះkhnhom cheu pos
My legs hurt.ជើងខ្ញុំឈឺcheung khnhom chheu
doctorគ្រូពទ្យkru pet
medical office / doctor’s surgeryបន្ទប់គ្រូពេទ្យbantob kru pet
chemist’s / drugstoreកន្លែងលក់ថ្នាំពេទ្យkan leng louk thnam pet
hospitalមន្ទីរពេទ្យmun ti pet
illness / maladyជម្ងឺchom nheu

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