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)
shopហាងhangkm-sing_shop2
department storeហាងលក់ទំនិញhang lok tum nenhkm-sing_department-store
kioskតូបtaubkm-sing_kiosk
bakeryហាងលក់នុំបុ័ងhang lok num pangkm-sing_bakery
confectioneryហាងលក់នុំhang lok num km-sing_confectionery
butcher’sអ្នកលក់សាច់nak lok sachkm-sing_butchers
marketផ្សារphsaarkm-sing_market
libraryបណ្ណាល័យbanna laikm-sing_library
churchព្រះវិហារpreah vi hearkm-sing_church
cinemaរោងភាពយន្តrong pheap yunkm-sing_cinema
theaterរោងល្ខោនrong lkhonkm-sing_theater
hotelសណ្ឋគារsantha kearkm-sing_hotel
bankធនាគារtho nea keaarkm-sing_bank
schoolសាលារៀនsala reinkm-sing_school
universityសកលវិទយាល័យsakal vithyea laikm-sing_university
kindergartenសាលាមតេយ្យsala mteykm-sing_kindergarten
chemist’s / drugstoreហាងលក់ថ្នាំពេទ្យhang lok thnam petkm-sing_chemistsdrugstore2
hospitalមន្ទីរពេទ្យmun ti petkm-sing_hospital

Cities and Places

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
town / cityផ្ទះpteahkm-sing_towncity
houseទីក្រុងtikrongkm-sing_house
buildingអាគារakearkm-sing_building
street / roadផ្លូវphlauvkm-sing_streetroad
avenueមហាវិថីmo ha vi theykm-sing_avenue
bridgeស្ពានspeankm-sing_bridge
center/city centerកណ្តាលក្រុងkan dal krongkm-sing_centercity-center
crossingផ្លូវឆ្លងphlauv chhlangkm-sing_crossing
squareផ្លូវបែកជាបួនphlauv bek chea bounkm-sing_square
parkសួនច្វារsoun chbarkm-sing_park
landmark / sightសញ្ញានាវាចរណ៍sanhnha neaveacharkm-sing_landmarksight
monumentវិមានvimeankm-sing_monument

Traffic, Vehicles and Transportation

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
vehicleយានជំនិះyean chum niskm-sing_vehicle
carឡានlankm-sing_car
trainរទេះភ្លើងro tes phleungkm-sing_train
busឡានក្រុងlan krongkm-sing_bus
tramរទេះយន្តក្រុងrotes yun krongkm-sing_tram
metroរទេះភ្លើងក្រោមដីrotes pleung krom dikm-sing_metro
bicycleកង់kongkm-sing_bicycle
motorbikeម៉ូតូmotokm-sing_motorbike
taxiឡានតាក់ស៊ីlan taksikm-sing_taxi
airplaneយន្តហោះyun hoskm-sing_airplane
shipកាប៉ាល់kapalkm-sing_ship
(train) stationស្ថានីយ៍រថភ្លើងstha ni rothaphleungkm-sing_train-station
main stationស្ថានីយ៍ចំបងstha ni chambngkm-sing_main-station
stopចំណតcham notkm-sing_stop
station / stopចំណតស្ថានីយchamnot sthaniykm-sing_stationstop
parking areaកន្លែងចំនតkanleng cham ntkm-sing_parking-area
petrol stationការ៉ាស់សាំងkaras sangkm-sing_petrol-station
(to) go by carធ្វើដំនើរដោយឡានthveu dam neu r daoy lankm-sing_to-go-by-car
(to) go by motorbikeធ្វើដំរនើរដោយម៉ូតូthveu dam r neu r daoy mautaukm-sing_to-go-by-motorbike
(to) go by bikeធ្វើដំនើរដោយកង់thveu dam neu r daoy kngkm-sing_to-go-by-bike
(to) go by busធ្វើដំនើរដោយឡានក្រុងthveu dam neu r daoy lanokrongkm-sing_to-go-by-bus
(to) go by metroធ្វើដំនើរដោយរថភ្លើងក្រោមដីthveu dam neu r daoy rothaphleung kraom deikm-sing_to-go-by-metro

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