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គួរសម
Courteous
គួរសម
Transliteration
guŏ sɑm
B1 - Advanced
IPA
/kuə sɑːm/
GD
kuo sam
គួរសម Meaning in English
Courteous
Ladylike
Rather
Reasonably
Reverent
Polite
Reasonable
Appropriate
Nice
Respects
Fair
Rather Well
Fairly
Moderately
Definitions
to be reasonable, appropriate; courteous, nice, polite; to pay (one's) respects; to be fair, rather well; fairly, moderately
Headley
Stems
គួរ
Proper
គួរ / Proper
A1
to be correct, proper, suitable, fitting; favorable
សម
Faded/Fork
សម / Faded/Fork
A1
to be wilted, faded
Compound Words
សេចក្តី
គួរសម
Courtesy
សេចក្តីគួរសម / Courtesy
seijɑgdei guŏ sɑm
C2
courtesy, politeness, civility; modesty
ការ
គួរសម
Courtesy
ការគួរសម / Courtesy
ga guŏ sɑm
C2
politeness, courtesy
ភាព
គួរសម
Propriety
ភាពគួរសម / Propriety
péab guŏ sɑm
C2
The state of being appropriate
ភាពមិន
គួរសម
Impropriety
ភាពមិនគួរសម / Impropriety
péab mĭn guŏ sɑm
C2
The state of being inappropriate
Possible Synonyms
សមគួរ
Polite
សមគួរ / Polite
B1 - Advanced
ដែរ
Likewise
ដែរ / Likewise
B1 - Advanced
ល្មម
Enough/Sufficient
ល្មម / Enough/Sufficient
B1 - Advanced
ល្អមើល
Pleasing to Watch
ល្អមើល / Pleasing to Watch
B1 - Advanced
លំអូត
Sociable
លំអូត / Sociable
B1 - Advanced
ល្មមប្រើបាន
Fairly
ល្មមប្រើបាន / Fairly
B1 - Advanced
ឆ្ងាញ់
Delicious
ឆ្ងាញ់ / Delicious
B1 - Advanced
ល្អ
Good
ល្អ / Good
B1 - Advanced
សួន
Park
សួន / Park
B1 - Advanced
ផ្សារ
Market
ផ្សារ / Market
B1 - Advanced
ស្អាត
Beautiful
ស្អាត / Beautiful
B1 - Advanced
គឺ
Is
គឺ / Is
B1 - Advanced
ដូចជា
like
ដូចជា / like
B1 - Advanced
ត្រង់
Straight
ត្រង់ / Straight
B1 - Advanced
ស្រួល
Easy
ស្រួល / Easy
B1 - Advanced
សម
Faded/Fork
សម / Faded/Fork
B1 - Advanced
បន្តិច
Bit
បន្តិច / Bit
B1 - Advanced
មានគំនិត
Have an idea
មានគំនិត / Have an idea
B1 - Advanced
ត្រឹមត្រូវ
Honest
ត្រឹមត្រូវ / Honest
B1 - Advanced
បំបាត់
Eliminate
បំបាត់ / Eliminate
B1 - Advanced
ក្រអូប
Fragrant
ក្រអូប / Fragrant
B1 - Advanced
សមរម្យ
Appropriate
សមរម្យ / Appropriate
B1 - Advanced
សាទរ
Enthusiastic/Glowing
សាទរ / Enthusiastic/Glowing
B1 - Advanced
មធ្យម
Average
មធ្យម / Average
B1 - Advanced
សមហេតុសមផល
Logical
សមហេតុសមផល / Logical
B1 - Advanced
វៃ
Quick Witted
វៃ / Quick Witted
B1 - Advanced
យុត្តិធម៌
Fair
យុត្តិធម៌ / Fair
B1 - Advanced
សូវ
Rather
សូវ / Rather
B1 - Advanced
ទេតើ
Or Not
ទេតើ / Or Not
B1 - Advanced
ស្លូត
Kind
ស្លូត / Kind
B1 - Advanced
នួន
Fine
នួន / Fine
B1 - Advanced
គាប់
Proper
គាប់ / Proper
B1 - Advanced
រាប
Flat
រាប / Flat
B1 - Advanced
សមហេតុផល
Cogent/Reasonable
សមហេតុផល / Cogent/Reasonable
B1 - Advanced
សុភាព
Polite
សុភាព / Polite
B1 - Advanced
គប្បី
Should
គប្បី / Should
B1 - Advanced
សុភ
Excellent
សុភ / Excellent
B1 - Advanced
សុចរិត
Integrity
សុចរិត / Integrity
B1 - Advanced
រម្យ
Agreeable
រម្យ / Agreeable
B1 - Advanced
សមស្រប
Appropriate
សមស្រប / Appropriate
B1 - Advanced
Sentences with គួរសម
ពេល / Time
660/26
Starter - Advanced
time; moment, instant, period of time
ពេល
bél
Time
ឆ្ងាយ / Far
395/885
Starter
to be far (away), distant, remote; separated
ឆ្ងាយ
chngay
Far
គ្នា / Together
0/63
A1 - Advanced
together; mutually, reciprocally
គ្នា
gnéa
Together
ធ្វើ / Make/Do
424/33
Starter - Advanced
to do, make, work, carry out, perform; to prepare / fix (e.g. a meal); to repair (a car); to clean (fish); to build, compose; to work / cultivate (a field); to work / act / serve as; to pretend to be
ធ្វើ
tweu
Make/Do
ដូច / As/Like
75/87
Starter - Advanced
to be like; to resemble, be similar to, alike.
ដូច
doj
As/Like
នឹកនា / Miss
0/9554
C1
to think about, miss, remember fondly; consider
នឹក,នា
នឹកនា
nʉ̆g néa
Miss
គួរសម / Courteous
0/3100
B1 - Advanced
to be reasonable, appropriate; courteous, nice, polite; to pay (one's) respects; to be fair, rather well; fairly, moderately
គួរ,សម
គួរសម
guŏ sɑm
Courteous
When apart, act like you miss politely
មើលទៅ / Looks Like
0/1621
A2
maybe, perhaps, probably, it seems that
មើល,ទៅ
មើលទៅ
meul dŏu
Looks Like
រូប / Picture
0/83
A1
form, shape, image, figure; representation, picture, photograph; statue
រូប
rub
Picture
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
រាងរៅ / Shape
0/6092
C2
form, figure, shape, body
រាង,រៅ
រាងរៅ
réang rŏu
Shape
សង្ហា / Handsome
0/2833
A1
to be glorious, imposing, prominent, elegant; proud, haughty
សង្ហា
sɑ̆ngha
Handsome
គួរសម / Courteous
0/3100
B1 - Advanced
to be reasonable, appropriate; courteous, nice, polite; to pay (one's) respects; to be fair, rather well; fairly, moderately
គួរ,សម
គួរសម
guŏ sɑm
Courteous
You look handsome.
ដល់ពេល / It's Time
0/2622
A2
(at the time) when; it's time, the time has come
ដល់,ពេល
ដល់ពេល
dɑ̆l bél
It's Time
គួរសម / Courteous
0/3100
B1 - Advanced
to be reasonable, appropriate; courteous, nice, polite; to pay (one's) respects; to be fair, rather well; fairly, moderately
គួរ,សម
គួរសម
guŏ sɑm
Courteous
ខ្ញុំ / I/Me/My
2/28
Essential
I / me / my ;
Surin
I / me / my (female speaking to a respected person)
ខ្ញុំ
knyom
I/Me/My
នឹង / Will
715/15
Starter
will, about to (future tense marker)
នឹង
nʉ̆ng
Will
ប្រគល់ឱ្យ / Hand over
0/4110
C2
to give, hand over, deliver
ប្រគល់,ឲ្យ
ប្រគល់ឱ្យ
brɑ̆gɔ̆l aôy
Hand over
អ្នក / You
26/25
Essential
you (to equals of both sexes; somewhat less formal than លោក); you (to an older brother or sister-in-law).
អ្នក
neăg
You
ដែល / That
776/5
A1
who, whom, which; where; when; of / to / in / at which / whom; the fact / reason that
ដែល
dael
That
ស្មោះ / Sincere
0/3064
A2
to be honest, sincere, frank, straightforward, direct; loyal, faithful
ស្មោះ
smaôh
Sincere
ស្នេហា / Love
0/876
Starter
love, affection; (love) affair.
ស្នេហា
sneiha
Love
In due time I will give it to those who are sincere in love
ចេះ / Know
0/357
Essential
(a) to know (how to do something) be able to (b) to be used to, accustomed to; to keep on doing something; constantly, always, incessantly
ចេះ
jéh
Know
ទាំង / Either
0/54
Starter - Advanced
including, together / complete with
ទាំង
deăng
Either
បោកប្រាស់ / Wangle
0/3940
B1 - Advanced
to slam, throw violently
បោក,ប្រាស់
បោកប្រាស់
baôg brăh
Wangle
ចេះ / Know
0/357
Essential
(a) to know (how to do something) be able to (b) to be used to, accustomed to; to keep on doing something; constantly, always, incessantly
ចេះ
jéh
Know
ទាំង / Either
0/54
Starter - Advanced
including, together / complete with
ទាំង
deăng
Either
គួរសម / Courteous
0/3100
B1 - Advanced
to be reasonable, appropriate; courteous, nice, polite; to pay (one's) respects; to be fair, rather well; fairly, moderately
គួរ,សម
គួរសម
guŏ sɑm
Courteous
Able to deceive and be polite
ចេះ / Know
0/357
Essential
(a) to know (how to do something) be able to (b) to be used to, accustomed to; to keep on doing something; constantly, always, incessantly
ចេះ
jéh
Know
សួរសុខទុក្ខ / Inquire About Someone's Health
0/6352
B1 - Advanced
to ask how someone is, inquire about someone's health
សួរ,សុខទុក្ខ
សួរសុខទុក្ខ
suŏ sŏk dŭg
Inquire About Someone's Health
ពាក្យ / Word
20/375
Starter - Advanced
word; utterance, expression, phrase; speech; language
ពាក្យ
béag
Word
គួរសម / Courteous
0/3100
B1 - Advanced
to be reasonable, appropriate; courteous, nice, polite; to pay (one's) respects; to be fair, rather well; fairly, moderately
គួរ,សម
គួរសម
guŏ sɑm
Courteous
ចេះ / Know
0/357
Essential
(a) to know (how to do something) be able to (b) to be used to, accustomed to; to keep on doing something; constantly, always, incessantly
ចេះ
jéh
Know
chat
សួរ / Ask
79/740
Starter
to ask, inquire, question; to ask about one's health, greet
សួរ
suŏ
Ask
ខ្ញុំ / I/Me/My
2/28
Essential
I / me / my ;
Surin
I / me / my (female speaking to a respected person)
ខ្ញុំ
knyom
I/Me/My
សុខសប្បាយ / Blessed
0/9576
Essential
to be well and happy (commonly used in the greeting សុខសប្បាយឬទេ ? How are you?)
សុខ,សប្បាយ
សុខសប្បាយ
sŏk sɑ̆bay
Blessed
អត់ / No
0/520
Starter - Advanced
no, not.
អត់
'ɑ̆d
No
Know how to greet polite words, know how to chat, ask me how are you?
ឈឺ / Hurt
0/1207
Starter - Advanced
to be sick; to hurt, to be in pain; to be painful, sore; to have the feelings hurt
ឈឺ
chʉ
Hurt
គួរសម / Courteous
0/3100
B1 - Advanced
to be reasonable, appropriate; courteous, nice, polite; to pay (one's) respects; to be fair, rather well; fairly, moderately
គួរ,សម
គួរសម
guŏ sɑm
Courteous
ល្មមតែ / Just enough
0/0
C2
just enough, deserving of; one should; by the time
ល្មម,តែ
ល្មមតែ
lmɔm dae
Just enough
យំ / Cry
409/2653
A1
to weep, cry; to sing (of birds); to chirp (of crickets)
យំ
yum
Cry
ខ្លះ / Some
0/186
Starter - Advanced
some (serves as a plural marker with ណា and អ្វី ).
ខ្លះ
klăh
Some
It hurts enough to cry
អូន / Dear
0/2495
Essential
I / me / my (younger brother, younger sister, sweetheart or wife--about themselves); you / your (intimate or familiar address form for younger sibling, for one's wife or girl friend, or for a close friend who is younger)
អូន
'on
Dear
រាក់ទាក់ / Friendly
0/4662
C2
រាក់,ទាក់
រាក់ទាក់
reăg deăg
Friendly
ហើយ / Finished
0/23
Starter - Advanced
to be finished, ended, completed.
ហើយ
haeuy
Finished
គួរសម / Courteous
0/3100
B1 - Advanced
to be reasonable, appropriate; courteous, nice, polite; to pay (one's) respects; to be fair, rather well; fairly, moderately
គួរ,សម
គួរសម
guŏ sɑm
Courteous
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
ចាំ / Wait
0/508
Starter
to wait (for), await, expect
ចាំ
jăm
Wait
មិន / Not
51/18
Starter
not, non- (usually requires the phrase-final negative particle ទេ (tei))
មិន
mĭn
Not
ភ្លេច / Forget
0/1744
A2
to forget
ភ្លេច
pléj
Forget
You are friendly and polite, I will never forget you.
គួរសម / Courteous
0/3100
B1 - Advanced
to be reasonable, appropriate; courteous, nice, polite; to pay (one's) respects; to be fair, rather well; fairly, moderately
គួរ,សម
គួរសម
guŏ sɑm
Courteous
ដែរ / Likewise
0/45
A1
also, too, in like manner, likewise, in the same way
ដែរ
dae
Likewise
កាល / Time
0/85
A2
time; period / interval (of time)
កាល
gal
Time
ខ្ញុំ / I/Me/My
2/28
Essential
I / me / my ;
Surin
I / me / my (female speaking to a respected person)
ខ្ញុំ
knyom
I/Me/My
នៅ / At
13/3
Starter
to be located; to stay / live / reside (at) (it commonly forms prepositional compounds with directional words such as ក្នុង, លើ, ក្រោម)
នៅ
nŏu
At
ខិល / Naughty
0/8024
C1
to be playful, fond of teasing, mischievous, sly, sneaky.
ខិល
kĕl
Naughty
Polite when i was a kid
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