This lesson will teach you to describe the colors and appearance of people and things in Cambodian (Khmer). Learn to express whether something is big or small, red or green, beautiful of ugly.

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

Basic Words & Phrases: Colors

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Colors

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
light / clearច្បាស់chbaskm-sing_lightclear
darkងងឹតngorngutkm-sing_dark
colorcolorពណ៌porkm-sing_color
coloredcoloredត្រូវបានលាបព៌ណtrauv ban leab porkm-sing_colored
whitewhiteពណ៌សរpor sorkm-sing_white
blackblackពណ៌ខ្មៅpor khmawkm-sing_black
yellowyellowពណ៌លឿងpor leongkm-sing_yellow
orangeorangeពណ៌ទឹកក្រូចpor tuk krauchkm-sing_orange
redredពណ៌ក្រហមpor krahomkm-sing_red
pinkpinkពណ៌ផ្កាឈូកpor phkachhoukkm-sing_pink
violetvioletពណ៌ស្វាយpor svaykm-sing_violet
blueblueពណ៌ខៀវppr khievkm-sing_blue
greengreenពណ៌បៃតងpor baitorngkm-sing_green
brownbrownពណ៌ត្នោតpor tnaotkm-sing_brown
greygreyពណ៌ប្រផេះpor bra phehkm-sing_grey

Appearance & attributes

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
newថ្មីthmeikm-sing_new
oldចាស់chaskm-sing_old
smallតូចtauchkm-sing_small
large / bigធំthomkm-sing_largebig
youngក្មេងkmengkm-sing_young
kind / pleasantចិត្តល្អchet laorkm-sing_kindpleasant
unkind / unpleasantចិត្តអាក្រក់chet akrakkm-sing_unkindunpleasant
patientអតធ្មត់ / អ្នកជំងឺat thmot
nak chom ngeu		km-sing_patient
km-sing_patient-2
tallខ្ពស់khposkm-sing_tall
middle sizedខ្ពស់ល្មមkhpos lmomkm-sing_middle-sized
smallទាបteabkm-sing_small
fatធាត់thathkm-sing_fat
thin / slimស្គមskormkm-sing_thinslim
nice / prettyស្អាតsa atkm-sing_nicepretty
beautifulស្អាតsa atkm-sing_beautiful
uglyអាក្រក់a krakkm-sing_ugly
ill / sickឈឺchheukm-sing_illsick
healthyមានសុខភាពល្អmean sokhpheap laorkm-sing_healthy
happy / cheerfulរីករាយrikreaykm-sing_happycheerful
sadកើតទុក្ខkaet toukkhkm-sing_sad
sportyចូលចិត្តកីឡាchaulchett keilakm-sing_sporty
ambitionedមានមហិច្ឆតាmean mhechchhteakm-sing_ambitioned
intelligentឆ្លាតchhlatkm-sing_intelligent
creativeពោរពេញដោយគំនិតឆ្នៃប្រឌិតporpenh daoy koumnit chhnai braditkm-sing_creative
activeសកម្មsak kammkm-sing_active
sentimentalមានមនោសញ្ចេទនាmean mno sanhchet tnaakm-sing_sentimental
rationalប្រកបដោយវិចារណញ្ញាណpra kab daoy vicha rona nhnheankm-sing_rational
emotionalឆាប់ទទួលអារម្មណ៌chhab tortuol aromm km-sing_emotional
naturalធម្មតាthommoteakm-sing_natural
romanticមានអារម្មណ៌អណ្តែតអណ្តូងmean aromm an det an dongkm-sing_romantic
nice / amiableល្អlaorkm-sing_niceamiable
spontaneousរហ័សភ្លាមៗrohas phleam km-sing_spontaneous
energeticពោរពេញដោយថាមពលporpenh daoy thamoplkm-sing_energetic
stressed (out)ខ្វាយខ្វល់khvay khvalkm-sing_stressed-out
relaxedគ្មានអារម្មណ៌តានតឹងkmean aromm tantoengkm-sing_relaxed
frustratedភយ័ព្រួយpheuy pruoykm-sing_frustrated
talentedមានទេព្យកោសលmean tep kaosalkm-sing_talented

Questions & phrases

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
What does he look like?តើគាត់មានមុខមាត់ដូចម្តេច?tae kat mean moukh mat dauch mdech?km-sing_what-does-he-look-like
What does she look like?តើនាងមានមុខមាត់ដូចម្តេច?tae neang mean moukh mat dauch mdech?km-sing_what-does-she-look-like
What is he like?តើគាត់ដូចអ្វី?tae keat dauch avei?km-sing_what-is-he-like
What is she like?តើនាងដូចអ្វី?tae neang dauch avei?km-sing_what-is-she-like

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