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ដើម្បីអ្វី
For what
ដើម្បីអ្វី
Transliteration
daeumbei 'wi
C1
IPA
/ɗaəmpəj ʔʋiː/
GD
daeumpei 'vi
ដើម្បីអ្វី Meaning in English
For what
For What
Why
Definitions
for what, why
Headley
Stems
ដើម្បី
To
ដើម្បី / To
A1
in order to, so that.
អ្វី
What
អ្វី / What
Essential
what? (in an interrogative clause); something (in a declarative clause); anything (in an indefinite context); nothing (in a negative clause); anything at all (in an emphatic context); nothing at all (in a negative emphatic clause)
Possible Synonyms
ជាហេតុ
Therefore
ជាហេតុ / Therefore
C1
ម៉េចចឹង
Why
ម៉េចចឹង / Why
C1
អ្វីក៏ ... ម្ល៉េះ
Why
អ្វីក៏ ... ម្ល៉េះ / Why
C1
មកល
Why
មកល / Why
C1
ម្តេចក៏
Why
ម្តេចក៏ / Why
C1
ម្តេច
Why
ម្តេច / Why
C1
ហេតុម៉េច
Why
ហេតុម៉េច / Why
C1
យ៉ាងម៉េច
How
យ៉ាងម៉េច / How
C1
ម៉េចក៏
How Come
ម៉េចក៏ / How Come
C1
ដ្បិតអី
For what
ដ្បិតអី / For what
C1
ដូចម្តេច
How/Whatever/Whereto
ដូចម្តេច / How/Whatever/Whereto
C1
ម៉េច
What?
ម៉េច / What?
C1
ហេតុអ្វី
Why
ហេតុអ្វី / Why
C1
ហេតុអ្វីបានជា
Why
ហេតុអ្វីបានជា / Why
C1
ថ្វី
Why
ថ្វី / Why
C1
ហេតុ
Reason
ហេតុ / Reason
C1
ត្បិតអី
For what
ត្បិតអី / For what
C1
Sentences with ដើម្បីអ្វី
ស្លាប់ / Die
843/313
A1
to die.
ស្លាប់
slăb
Die
ដឹង / Know
189/61
Starter
to know (a fact), be aware of, be familiar with; to understand, comprehend; to notice; to recognize; to accomplish, put into practice
ដឹង
dœ̆ng
Know
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
?
Death knows why?
តើ / Do
0/102
Starter - Advanced
clause initial interrogative marker occurring in fairly formal speech; it indicates that the following clause is a question, and may sometimes be translated by expressions like `Tell me ...?' or, in subordinate clauses, `if' or `whether'
តើ
daeu
Do
យើង / Us/Our
35/38
Essential
we / us / our; (familiar) I / me / my
យើង
yeung
Us/Our
រៀបការ / Marry
0/1228
A2
to get married; to marry off, to arrange a wedding
រៀប,ការ
រៀបការ
riĕb ga
Marry
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
?
What do we get married for?
តើ / Do
0/102
Starter - Advanced
clause initial interrogative marker occurring in fairly formal speech; it indicates that the following clause is a question, and may sometimes be translated by expressions like `Tell me ...?' or, in subordinate clauses, `if' or `whether'
តើ
daeu
Do
សាង / Build
0/575
A1 - Advanced
to build, construct, erect, create; to perform (esp. some good work)
សាង
sang
Build
ឡើង / Ascend
683/52
A1
to go up, ascend; (of aircraft) to take off; to rise, get up; to climb; to get on / board (a means of transport); to go upstream; to ferment, rise (of dough); to increase.
ឡើង
laeung
Ascend
មក / Come
180/39
Starter
to come (toward the speaker in space or time); to come to / towards (often used as a
fp
indicating that the action began at some point in the past and continued up to the present).
មក
mɔg
Come
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
What is it built for?
តើ / Do
0/102
Starter - Advanced
clause initial interrogative marker occurring in fairly formal speech; it indicates that the following clause is a question, and may sometimes be translated by expressions like `Tell me ...?' or, in subordinate clauses, `if' or `whether'
តើ
daeu
Do
ចាប់ផ្តើមឡើង / Boot
0/0
C2
ចាប់ផ្តើម,ឡើង
ចាប់ផ្តើមឡើង
jăb pdaeum laeung
Boot
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
What to start up for
បាត់បង់ / Lose
635/845
A1 - Advanced
to lose; to disappear, vanish, be missing / lost; to die
បាត់,បង់
បាត់បង់
băd bɑ̆ng
Lose
អ្វីទាំងអស់ / Everything
0/0
C2
everything
អ្វី,ទាំងអស់
អ្វីទាំងអស់
'wi deăng 'ɑ̆h
Everything
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
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
ស្មោះ / Sincere
0/3064
B1
to be honest, sincere, frank, straightforward, direct; loyal, faithful
ស្មោះ
smaôh
Sincere
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
Losing everything, why are you loyal?
ខំ / Try Hard
0/1167
A2 - Advanced
to make an effort, try hard, endeavor to
ខំ
kɑm
Try Hard
ទាំងយប់ / All night
0/4925
C2
ទាំង,យប់
ទាំងយប់
deăng yŭb
All night
ទាំង / Either
0/54
Starter - Advanced
including, together / complete with
ទាំង
deăng
Either
ថ្ងៃ / Day
177/49
Essential
day, daytime; daylight
ថ្ងៃ
tngai
Day
តើ / Do
0/102
Starter - Advanced
clause initial interrogative marker occurring in fairly formal speech; it indicates that the following clause is a question, and may sometimes be translated by expressions like `Tell me ...?' or, in subordinate clauses, `if' or `whether'
តើ
daeu
Do
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
?
គឺ / Is
24/31
Starter - Advanced
to be (equal to); as follows; namely.
គឺ
gʉ
Is
ខំ / Try Hard
0/1167
A2 - Advanced
to make an effort, try hard, endeavor to
ខំ
kɑm
Try Hard
ដើម្បី / To
31/37
A1
in order to, so that.
ដើម្បី
daeumbei
To
តែ / But
561/20
A1
only, just
តែ
dae
But
ថ្លៃ / Price/Expensive
0/386
Starter - Advanced
to be expensive, dear, valuable; beloved
ថ្លៃ
tlai
Price/Expensive
មួយ / One/An
48/14
Essential
one
មួយ
muŏy
One/An
ទេ / No
0/42
Essential
phrase final negative marker; usually occurs in conjunction with one of the preverbal negative particles មិន, ពុំ, អត់, ឥត or combinations of these particles with other preverbal particles, e.g. មិនដែល់
i
no
ទេ
dé
No
Strive day and night, why? Is trying for a price
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
ៗៗ
ទៅ / Go
0/19
Starter
to go (away from the speaker in space or time); to go to / towards; go on, continue, advance; go away.
ទៅ
dŏu
Go
For everything
♫
ប្រាប់ / Tell
50/137
Starter - Advanced
to tell, say, state, inform, report; to explain; to point out
ប្រាប់
brăb
Tell
មក / Come
180/39
Starter
to come (toward the speaker in space or time); to come to / towards (often used as a
fp
indicating that the action began at some point in the past and continued up to the present).
មក
mɔg
Come
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
បោកប្រាស់ / Wangle
0/3940
B1 - Advanced
to slam, throw violently
បោក,ប្រាស់
បោកប្រាស់
baôg brăh
Wangle
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
? ♫
♫ TELL ME PLEASE! CHEATING ON ME FOR WHAT? ♫
យើង / Us/Our
35/38
Essential
we / us / our; (familiar) I / me / my
យើង
yeung
Us/Our
ប៉ង / Wish
0/3639
A2 - Advanced
to want, wish, desire; to intend, purpose
ប៉ង
pɑng
Wish
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
What are we striving for?
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
បែប / Type
0/161
A2
kind, sort, model, type; style, form, shape; aspect; method, way; situation, condition
បែប
baeb
Type
នេះ / Here/This
29/8
Essential
this, these; often serves simply to emphasize something already referred to or something nearby in time or space
នេះ
néh
Here/This
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
?
What is this for?
ធ្លាប់ / Used To
0/255
A1
to become accustomed to / familiar with, to be used to; to have the habit / custom of; marker of continuous action in the past
ធ្លាប់
tloăb
Used To
សួរ / Ask
79/740
Starter
to ask, inquire, question; to ask about one's health, greet
សួរ
suŏ
Ask
ខ្លួនឯង / Oneself
0/670
A1 - Advanced
personally, on one's own, by oneself; itself, oneself; you / your (intimate 2nd pers. sg. pronoun)
ខ្លួន,ឯង
ខ្លួនឯង
kluŏn êng
Oneself
កើតមក / To Be Born
0/5024
B1
to be born, come into existence
កើត,មក
កើតមក
gaeud mɔg
To Be Born
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
Ever asked yourself why you were born?
ចុះ / Descend
196/157
A1 - Advanced
to move downwards, descend, go down, get down, dismount; get off / out of; to go downstream; (of rain) to fall; (of fog / mist) to appear; to flow, run; to decrease, diminish; to submit, give up, comply.
ចុះ
jŏh
Descend
គោលបំណង / Purpose
0/1219
A2
intention, purpose, objective, goal, aspiration
គោល,បំណង
គោលបំណង
gol bɑmnɑng
Purpose
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
រាល់ថ្ងៃ / Every day
0/2608
A2 - Advanced
every day
រាល់,ថ្ងៃ
រាល់ថ្ងៃ
roăl tngai
Every day
ស្រលាញ់ / Love
0/9667
Starter
p to like, to love
ស្រលាញ់
srɑ̆lăn
Love
រូប / Picture
0/83
Essential
form, shape, image, figure; representation, picture, photograph; statue
រូប
rub
Picture
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
?
What is your purpose every day, why do you love me?
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
ដេក / Recline
0/1294
A2 - Advanced
to lie down, recline; to sleep; to loaf, stand idle, to take a nap, rest
ដេក
deig
Recline
គិត / Think
133/200
A1
to think; to realize; to conceive of; to calculate, figure; to charge for.
គិត
gĭd
Think
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
ដេក / Recline
0/1294
A2 - Advanced
to lie down, recline; to sleep; to loaf, stand idle, to take a nap, rest
ដេក
deig
Recline
យំ / Cry
409/2653
A1
to weep, cry; to sing (of birds); to chirp (of crickets)
យំ
yum
Cry
តើ / Do
0/102
Starter - Advanced
clause initial interrogative marker occurring in fairly formal speech; it indicates that the following clause is a question, and may sometimes be translated by expressions like `Tell me ...?' or, in subordinate clauses, `if' or `whether'
តើ
daeu
Do
ពេលនេះ / Now
0/515
A1 - Advanced
at this time, at present, now
ពេល,នេះ
ពេលនេះ
bél néh
Now
បង / Elder
0/555
Essential
elder sibling.
បង
bɑng
Elder
រស់ / To Live
0/368
A2
to be alive.
រស់
ruŏh
To Live
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
?
You sleep thinking, you sleep crying, what are you living for now?
លំបាក / Hard
0/770
A2 - Advanced
to be difficult, hard to do; unfortunate, ill-fated, miserable, suffering.
លំបាក
lumbag
Hard
ច្រើនជាង / More
0/1111
A2
more than
ច្រើន,ជាង
ច្រើនជាង
jraeun jéang
More
សុខ / Healthy/Safe/Happy
0/355
A1 - Advanced
to be healthy; to be safe, secure, peaceful, calm, tranquil; to be pleasant, comfortable; to be happy, glad, joyous; to be content, satisfied; to be successful.
សុខ
sŏk
Healthy/Safe/Happy
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
សួរ / Ask
79/740
Starter
to ask, inquire, question; to ask about one's health, greet
សួរ
suŏ
Ask
ខ្លួនឯង / Oneself
0/670
A1 - Advanced
personally, on one's own, by oneself; itself, oneself; you / your (intimate 2nd pers. sg. pronoun)
ខ្លួន,ឯង
ខ្លួនឯង
kluŏn êng
Oneself
ថា / That/Say
4/9
Starter - Advanced
to say, tell, pronounce; specif. to criticize, blameconj. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse)
ថា
ta
That/Say
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
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
It's more difficult than it is comfortable. I ask myself what I'm doing for.
ជីវិត / Life
248/314
A1
life; spirit; lifetime; age, existence, living.
ជីវិត
jiwĭd
Life
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
ពេលនេះ / Now
0/515
A1 - Advanced
at this time, at present, now
ពេល,នេះ
ពេលនេះ
bél néh
Now
មិន / Not
51/18
Starter
not, non- (usually requires the phrase-final negative particle ទេ (tei))
មិន
mĭn
Not
ដឹង / Know
189/61
Starter
to know (a fact), be aware of, be familiar with; to understand, comprehend; to notice; to recognize; to accomplish, put into practice
ដឹង
dœ̆ng
Know
ថា / That/Say
4/9
Starter - Advanced
to say, tell, pronounce; specif. to criticize, blameconj. that (introduces a question or indirect discourse)
ថា
ta
That/Say
រស់ / To Live
0/368
A2
to be alive.
រស់
ruŏh
To Live
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
?
My life now does not know what to live for?
តើ / Do
0/102
Starter - Advanced
clause initial interrogative marker occurring in fairly formal speech; it indicates that the following clause is a question, and may sometimes be translated by expressions like `Tell me ...?' or, in subordinate clauses, `if' or `whether'
តើ
daeu
Do
ដី / Land
738/152
A1
earth, land, soil, ground; territory.
ដី
dei
Land
ដែល / That
776/5
A1
who, whom, which; where; when; of / to / in / at which / whom; the fact / reason that
ដែល
dael
That
ខ្លួន / Body/Self
0/46
Starter - Advanced
body, soul, heart; (one)self
ខ្លួន
kluŏn
Body/Self
ចង់ / To Want
0/118
Starter
to want / wish / desire (to do something)
ចង់
jɑ̆ng
To Want
វិនិយោគ / Investment
0/190
B1
(business) investments
វិនិយោគ
vĭnĭyog
Investment
គឺ / Is
24/31
Starter - Advanced
to be (equal to); as follows; namely.
គឺ
gʉ
Is
វិនិយោគ / Investment
0/190
B1
(business) investments
វិនិយោគ
vĭnĭyog
Investment
ដើម្បីអ្វី / For what
0/9447
C1
for what, why
ដើម្បី,អ្វី
ដើម្បីអ្វី
daeumbei 'wi
For what
?
What is the land you want to invest in?
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