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) / personមនុស្សmonuskm-sing_human-beingperson
people / humansមនុស្សម្នាmonus mneakm-sing_peoplehumans
womanមនុស្សស្រីmonus sreikm-sing_woman
manមនុស្សប្រុសmonus proskm-sing_man
childកូនក្មេងkaun khmengkm-sing_child
girlក្មេងស្រីkmeng sreikm-sing_girl
boyក្មេងប្រុសkmeng proskm-sing_boy

Professions

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
professionមុខងារmoukhngearkm-sing_profession
employee / workerអ្នកធ្វើការnak tveukarkm-sing_employeeworker
clerk / officialអ្នកធ្វើការការិយាល័យnak tveukar kariyalaikm-sing_clerkofficial
colleagueមិត្តរួមការងារmitt ruomkar ngearkm-sing_colleague
pensioner / retireeអ្នកចូលនិត្តន៌neak chol nivotkm-sing_pensionerretiree
unemployed person / jobseekerអ្នកអត់ការងារធ្វើneak ot kanhea tveukm-sing_unemployed-personjobseeker
doctorគ្រូពេទ្យkru petkm-sing_doctor
journalistអ្នកកាសែតneak kasetkm-sing_journalist
engineerវិស្វករvisvak korkm-sing_engineer
bossចៅហ្វាយchao vaykm-sing_boss
directorនាយកnea yokkm-sing_director
managerអ្នកគ្រប់គ្រងneak krub krongkm-sing_manager
secretaryលេខាle khakm-sing_secretary
driverអ្នកបើកបរneak beok borkm-sing_driver
farmerកសិករka se korkm-sing_farmer
bakerអ្នកដុតនុំnak dot numkm-sing_baker
salesman, saleswomanអ្នកលក់nak lukkm-sing_salesman-saleswoman
nurseគលានុបដ្ធាយិការkeak lean nupatha yikakm-sing_nurse
policeman, policewomanប៉ូលីសpoliskm-sing_policeman-policewoman
cook / chefចុងភៅchong pheukm-sing_cookchef
teacher, female teacherគ្រូបង្រៀនkru bong reankm-sing_teacher-female-teacher
shoemakerអ្នកដេរស្បែកជើងnak de sbek cheungkm-sing_shoemaker
watchmakerជាងនាឡិកាcheang nealekakm-sing_watchmaker

Work & Application

EnglishKhmer (Cambodian)Khmer (Cambodian)
(Romanization)		Pronunciation
(Audio)
(to) workធ្វើការtveu karkm-sing_to-work
work / jobការងារkarngearkm-sing_workjob
workplaceកន្លែងធ្វើការkang leng tveukarkm-sing_workplace
employment / occupationការងារkarngearkm-sing_employmentoccupation
officeការិយាល័យkariyalaikm-sing_office
factoryរោងចក្រrong chakkm-sing_factory
construction siteកម្មការដ្ឌានkam kar thankm-sing_construction-site
salaryប្រាក់ខែprak khekm-sing_salary
(to) earnរកប្រាក់បានrok prak bankm-sing_to-earn
(to) look for a jobស្វែរកការងារsveng rok kangearkm-sing_to-look-for-a-job
(to) find a jobរកបានការងារrok ban kangeakm-sing_to-find-a-job
job interviewបទសំភាសន៌ការងារbot sam pheas kangearkm-sing_job-interview
CVប្រវត្តិរូបសង្ខេបprovotrub sang khebkm-sing_cv
educationការអប់រំka ob rumkm-sing_education
experienceបទពិសោធន៍bot pisotkm-sing_experience

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