This vocabulary lesson will teach you the Cambodian (Khmer) words for buildings, monuments, streets and vehicles, as well as talking about different modes of public transportation.

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

Cities & Traffic in Cambodian (Khmer)

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Shops, Buildings and Institutions

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
shopហាងhang
department storeហាងលក់ទំនិញhang lok tum nenh
kioskតូបtaub
bakeryហាងលក់នុំបុ័ងhang lok num pang
confectioneryហាងលក់នុំhang lok num
butcher’sអ្នកលក់សាច់nak lok sach
marketផ្សារphsaar
libraryបណ្ណាល័យbanna lai
churchព្រះវិហារpreah vi hear
cinemaរោងភាពយន្តrong pheap yun
theaterរោងល្ខោនrong lkhon
hotelសណ្ឋគារsantha kear
bankធនាគារtho nea keaar
schoolសាលារៀនsala rein
universityសកលវិទយាល័យsakal vithyea lai
kindergartenសាលាមតេយ្យsala mtey
chemist’s / drugstoreហាងលក់ថ្នាំពេទ្យhang lok thnam pet
hospitalមន្ទីរពេទ្យmun ti pet

Cities and Places

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
town / cityផ្ទះpteah
houseទីក្រុងtikrong
buildingអាគារakear
street / roadផ្លូវphlauv
avenueមហាវិថីmo ha vi they
bridgeស្ពានspean
center/city centerកណ្តាលក្រុងkan dal krong
crossingផ្លូវឆ្លងphlauv chhlang
squareផ្លូវបែកជាបួនphlauv bek chea boun
parkសួនច្វារsoun chbar
landmark / sightសញ្ញានាវាចរណ៍sanhnha neaveachar
monumentវិមានvimean

Traffic, Vehicles and Transportation

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
vehicleយានជំនិះyean chum nis
carឡានlan
trainរទេះភ្លើងro tes phleung
busឡានក្រុងlan krong
tramរទេះយន្តក្រុងrotes yun krong
metroរទេះភ្លើងក្រោមដីrotes pleung krom di
bicycleកង់kong
motorbikeម៉ូតូmoto
taxiឡានតាក់ស៊ីlan taksi
airplaneយន្តហោះyun hos
shipកាប៉ាល់kapal
(train) stationស្ថានីយ៍រថភ្លើងstha ni rothaphleung
main stationស្ថានីយ៍ចំបងstha ni chambng
stopចំណតcham not
station / stopចំណតស្ថានីយchamnot sthaniy
parking areaកន្លែងចំនតkanleng cham nt
petrol stationការ៉ាស់សាំងkaras sang
(to) go by carធ្វើដំនើរដោយឡានthveu dam neu r daoy lan
(to) go by motorbikeធ្វើដំរនើរដោយម៉ូតូthveu dam r neu r daoy mautau
(to) go by bikeធ្វើដំនើរដោយកង់thveu dam neu r daoy kng
(to) go by busធ្វើដំនើរដោយឡានក្រុងthveu dam neu r daoy lanokrong
(to) go by metroធ្វើដំនើរដោយរថភ្លើងក្រោមដីthveu dam neu r daoy rothaphleung kraom dei

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