Khmer Dictionary: ឆៅ

Headley's Khmer-English Dictionary
  1. ឆៅ ( adj ) [cʰav]
    to be raw (not cooked); undercooked.
  2. ឆៅ [cʰav]
    immature; inexperienced
    Eg. វាចិនឆៅ: He is a greenhorn Chinese (said of a recent immigrant from China)

    1. ខ្មោចឆៅ [kmaoc cʰav] : ghosts of suicides or people who died accidentally; ghosts who appear very clearly (like real people); person pretending to be a ghost
    2. ចិត្តឆៅ [cət cʰav] : frivolity; to be frivolous, not serious, childish; rash, hasty
    3. ចិនឆៅ [cən cʰav] : recently arrived Chinese immigrant
    4. ឆោតឆៅ [cʰaot cʰav] : to be childish, immature
    5. ដៃឆៅ [day cʰav] : to be reckless, uncaring, rash, heedless
    6. ទឹកឆៅ [tɨk cʰav] : tap water, unboiled water
    7. ទឹកដោះគោឆៅ [tɨk dɑh koo cʰav] : raw / unpasteurized / fresh milk
    8. មាត់ឆៅ [moat cʰav] : to speak one's mind; to speak without thinking; to chatter continuously
    9. សាច់ឆៅ [sac cʰav] : raw meat
      Eg. ស្រីនោះរកស៊ីលក់សាច់ឆៅ: She works as a prostitute.
    10. អាភៀនឆៅ [ʔaapʰiən cʰav] : raw opium
    11. អំបោះឆៅ [ʔɑmbɑh cʰav] : raw cotton thread (which has not yet been soaked in rice water and carded)