Let’s talk about people, jobs and professions. These words and phrases will help you when talking about yourself and others, or when you’re planning to apply for a new job abroad.

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

People & Professions in Cambodian (Khmer)

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People

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
human (being) / personមនុស្សmonus
people / humansមនុស្សម្នាmonus mnea
womanមនុស្សស្រីmonus srei
manមនុស្សប្រុសmonus pros
childកូនក្មេងkaun khmeng
girlក្មេងស្រីkmeng srei
boyក្មេងប្រុសkmeng pros

Professions

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
professionមុខងារmoukhngear
employee / workerអ្នកធ្វើការnak tveukar
clerk / officialអ្នកធ្វើការការិយាល័យnak tveukar kariyalai
colleagueមិត្តរួមការងារmitt ruomkar ngear
pensioner / retireeអ្នកចូលនិត្តន៌neak chol nivot
unemployed person / jobseekerអ្នកអត់ការងារធ្វើneak ot kanhea tveu
doctorគ្រូពេទ្យkru pet
journalistអ្នកកាសែតneak kaset
engineerវិស្វករvisvak kor
bossចៅហ្វាយchao vay
directorនាយកnea yok
managerអ្នកគ្រប់គ្រងneak krub krong
secretaryលេខាle kha
driverអ្នកបើកបរneak beok bor
farmerកសិករka se kor
bakerអ្នកដុតនុំnak dot num
salesman (m), saleswoman (f)អ្នកលក់nak luk
nurseគលានុបដ្ធាយិការkeak lean nupatha yika
policeman (m), policewoman (f)ប៉ូលីសpolis
cook / chefចុងភៅchong pheu
teacher (m), female teacher (f)គ្រូបង្រៀនkru bong rean
shoemakerអ្នកដេរស្បែកជើងnak de sbek cheung
watchmakerជាងនាឡិកាcheang nealeka

Work & Application

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
(to) workធ្វើការtveu kar
work / jobការងារkarngear
workplaceកន្លែងធ្វើការkang leng tveukar
employment / occupationការងារkarngear
officeការិយាល័យkariyalai
factoryរោងចក្រrong chak
construction siteកម្មការដ្ឌានkam kar than
salaryប្រាក់ខែprak khe
(to) earnរកប្រាក់បានrok prak ban
(to) look for a jobស្វែរកការងារsveng rok kangear
(to) find a jobរកបានការងារrok ban kangea
job interviewបទសំភាសន៌ការងារbot sam pheas kangear
CVប្រវត្តិរូបសង្ខេបprovotrub sang kheb
educationការអប់រំka ob rum
experienceបទពិសោធន៍bot pisot

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