Khmer Lesson for Beginner: Office Vocabulary

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Learn useful Khmer words and conversations for the office, including talking to colleagues, asking for documents, attending meetings, and discussing daily work. Each phrase includes pronunciation, Chinese, and English.

1. 🗣️ Conversation: At the Office

KhmerPronunciation中文English
អរុណសួស្តី!Arun suostei!早上好!Good morning!
ថ្ងៃនេះអ្នករវល់ទេ?Thngai nih neak ro-vol te?你今天忙吗?Are you busy today?
បាទ/ចាស ខ្ញុំរវល់បន្តិច។Bat/chaas, khnhom ro-vol bontich.是的,我有点忙。Yes, I'm a little busy.
អ្នកអាចជួយខ្ញុំបានទេ?Neak ach chuoy khnhom ban te?你可以帮我吗?Can you help me?
តើឯកសារនៅឯណា?Tae ek-sar nov ae-na?文件在哪里?Where are the documents?
ឯកសារនៅលើតុ។Ek-sar nov leu tok.文件在桌子上。The documents are on the desk.
កិច្ចប្រជុំចាប់ផ្តើមម៉ោងប៉ុន្មាន?Kich-prochum chap-pdaem maong pon-man?会议几点开始?What time does the meeting start?
កិច្ចប្រជុំចាប់ផ្តើមម៉ោង ១០។Kich-prochum chap-pdaem maong dop.会议十点开始。The meeting starts at 10.
សូមផ្ញើឯកសារតាមអ៊ីមែល។Som phnhœ ek-sar tam email.请通过电子邮件发送文件。Please send the documents by email.
ខ្ញុំនឹងធ្វើវាឥឡូវនេះ។Khnhom neng thveu vea ilov nih.我现在就做。I'll do it now.

2. 🖥️ Office Vocabulary

KhmerPronunciation中文English
ការិយាល័យka-ri-ya-lai办公室office
ក្រុមហ៊ុនkrom-hun公司company
តុtok桌子desk / table
កៅអីkav-ey椅子chair
កុំព្យូទ័រkom-pyu-ter电脑computer
ម៉ាស៊ីនបោះពុម្ពma-sin baoh-pum打印机printer
ទូរស័ព្ទtou-ra-sap电话telephone
ឯកសារek-sar文件document
របាយការណ៍ro-bay-ka报告report
ឯកសារចម្លងek-sar chom-long复印件 / 副本copy
ប៊ិចbich笔pen
សៀវភៅកត់ត្រាsiev-phov kot-tra笔记本notebook
អ៊ីមែលemail电子邮件email
ប្រជុំpro-chum开会meet / meeting
កិច្ចប្រជុំkich-pro-chum会议meeting
កាលវិភាគkal-vi-pheak日程安排schedule
កាលបរិច្ឆេទkal-bor-chet日期date
ហត្ថលេខាhat-tha-le-kha签名signature
ត្រាtra印章stamp / seal
ម៉ាស៊ីនស្កេនma-sin scan扫描仪scanner

3. 👩‍💼 People at Work

KhmerPronunciation中文English
ថៅកែthav-kae老板boss
នាយកneayok总监 / 主管director
អ្នកគ្រប់គ្រងneak krop-khrong经理 / 管理者manager
ប្រធានpro-thean负责人 / 主任head / chief
បុគ្គលិកbok-ko-lik员工employee
មិត្តរួមការងារmit-ruom-ka-ngia同事colleague
លេខាle-kha秘书secretary
អតិថិជនa-ti-thea-chen客户client / customer
អ្នកផ្គត់ផ្គង់neak phkot-phkong供应商supplier
ក្រុមការងារkrom-ka-ngia工作团队work team

4. 💬 Useful Phrases for Daily Office Work

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Asking for documents

សូមផ្ញើឯកសារឱ្យខ្ញុំ។

Som phnhœ ek-sar aoy khnhom.

中文:请把文件发给我。

English: Please send me the documents.

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Arranging a meeting

យើងប្រជុំម៉ោង ២ រសៀល។

Yeung pro-chum maong pi ro-seal.

中文:我们下午两点开会。

English: We have a meeting at 2 p.m.

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Talking about tasks

ខ្ញុំកំពុងធ្វើរបាយការណ៍។

Khnhom kompong thveu ro-bay-ka.

中文:我正在做报告。

English: I'm working on a report.

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Asking for approval

សូមជួយពិនិត្យ និងអនុម័តឯកសារនេះ។

Som chuoy pi-nit ning a-nu-mot ek-sar nih.

中文:请帮忙检查并批准这份文件。

English: Please check and approve this document.

5. 📋 Common Office Verbs

KhmerPronunciation中文English
ធ្វើការthveu-ka工作work
សរសេរsor-sae写write
អានaan阅读read
ផ្ញើphnhœ发送send
ទទួលtotuol接收receive
ពិនិត្យpi-nit检查check
អនុម័តa-nu-mot批准approve
ចុះហត្ថលេខាjoh hat-tha-le-kha签字sign
បោះពុម្ពbaoh-pum打印print
ថតចម្លងthot chom-long复印photocopy
រៀបចំriep-chom准备 / 安排prepare / arrange
ពន្យល់pon-nyol解释explain
ជួយchuoy帮助help
បញ្ចប់ban-chop完成finish

6. 🧠 Grammar: Useful Office Sentence Patterns

Pattern A: សូម + verb = Please…

Use សូម (som) to make a polite request.

Khmer中文English
សូមអង្គុយ។请坐。Please sit down.
សូមរង់ចាំបន្តិច។请稍等。Please wait a moment.
សូមផ្ញើអ៊ីមែល។请发送电子邮件。Please send an email.
សូមពិនិត្យឯកសារនេះ។请检查这份文件。Please check this document.

Pattern B: ខ្ញុំកំពុង + verb = I am doing…

កំពុង (kom-pong) means “currently” or indicates an action in progress.

- ខ្ញុំកំពុងធ្វើការ។ Khnhom kompong thveu-ka. 我正在工作。 → I'm working.

- ខ្ញុំកំពុងប្រជុំ។ Khnhom kompong pro-chum. 我正在开会。 → I'm in a meeting.

- ខ្ញុំកំពុងសរសេរអ៊ីមែល។ Khnhom kompong sor-sae email. 我正在写电子邮件。 → I'm writing an email.

Pattern C: អាច…បានទេ? = Can you…? / Can I…?

- អ្នកអាចជួយខ្ញុំបានទេ? Neak ach chuoy khnhom ban te? 你可以帮我吗? → Can you help me?

- ខ្ញុំអាចចេញមុនបានទេ? Khnhom ach chenh mun ban te? 我可以早一点离开吗? → Can I leave early?

7. 📚 Difficult Words

KhmerPronunciation中文Meaning
ការិយាល័យka-ri-ya-lai办公室office
ឯកសារek-sar文件document
របាយការណ៍ro-bay-ka报告report
កាលវិភាគkal-vi-pheak日程schedule
ហត្ថលេខាhat-tha-le-kha签名signature
អនុម័តa-nu-mot批准approve
ពិនិត្យpi-nit检查inspect / check
បញ្ចប់ban-chop完成finish

8. 🎯 Practice: Your Office Day

Translate these into Khmer:

  1. Good morning. Are you busy today?
  2. Please send me the report.
  3. The meeting starts at 10 a.m.
  4. I'm working on a document.
  5. Can you help me check this file?

Challenge sentence to memorize:

ថ្ងៃនេះខ្ញុំមានការងារច្រើន ហើយខ្ញុំត្រូវចូលរួមកិច្ចប្រជុំពីរដង។

Thngai nih khnhom mean ka-ngia chraen haey khnhom trov chol-ruom kich-pro-chum pi dong.

中文:今天我有很多工作,而且我需要参加两次会议。

English: I have a lot of work today, and I need to attend two meetings.

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