Khmer Dictionary: ស៊ី

1. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]
   to eat, consume (food or fuel); to guzzle, devour; to corrode (as rust or an acid) (used for animals feeding; with humans it is intimate in urban centers but may be used more generally in rural areas. The following words which translate as `to eat' in English are used in Cambodian: ច្រាស, ច្រាសច្រំ, បុះ, បុះច្រាស, សុល​, អំពះ​ are all vulgar terms conveying the idea of cramming food into the mouth; ឆាន់​ is used for Buddhist monks; ញ៉ាំ is a polite term used for the speaker and for persons younger than or the same age as the speaker; ទទួលទាន is respectful; ទទួលព្រះរាជទាន is used by the king referring to himself; បរិភោគ is used to refer to persons of lower rank than the speaker or by persons of lower rank referring to themselves; ពិសា​ is a polite form used for persons of equal or higher rank; ពិសាក្រយា is used for high officials; ស៊ី is a common neutral or intimate term used especially of animals; សោយ​ is used of royalty; ហូប is a common rural term; it is used for persons of the same age or rank and is somewhat more polite than ស៊ី not used for animals; ហូប was the favored term by the KR; អាស្រ័យ is used of lower ranking or younger persons; more polite than បរិភោគ )
   
2. ស៊ី ( n ) [sii]
   shellac
   
   Reference: ស៊ីឡិច
3. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]
   to bite / take hold (of tools, brakes); to engage (of gears)
   
4. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]
   to take a bribe
   
5. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]
   to require, demand, take / use up (time)
   
6. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]
   to extract, derive, acquire, gain; to win (of the dealer in a card game); to take advantage of
   
7. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]
   to earn (wages); to live / feed (on)
   
8. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]
   to combine (with), go (with), harmonize (with); (of colors) to match; to suit, fit
   
9. ស៊ី ( n ) [sii]
   color
   
10. ស៊ី ( v ) [sii]
    to make love, have sexual intercourse
    
1. កោសិកាស៊ី [kaoseʔkaa sii] : phagocyte
   
2. ក្បាលអង្គែស៊ី [kbaal ʔɑŋkɛɛ sii] : mangy head
   
3. ខ្លាស៊ីគោ [klaa sii koo] : tiger eats the cow (kind of Cambodian board game similar to chess)
   
4. គាបស៊ី [kiep sii] : to eat by holding with the claws.
   
5. គាបស៊ី [kiep sii] : to put pressure on someone to give a bribe
   
6. គីឡូស៊ីក [kiiloo sii kɑɑ] : kilocycle
   
7. ចឹកស៊ី [cək sii] : to eat by picking up with the beak (of birds)
   
8. ចំណង់ស៊ី [cɑmnɑŋ sii] : appetite
   
9. ច្រែះស៊ី [craeh sii] See: ច្រែះចាប់
10. ជាន់កគ្នាស៊ី [coan kɑɑ knie sii] : to gain an advantage (over someone); to profiteer; to be a freeloader, live at someone else's expense
    
11. ជិតបានស៊ីទ្រាប [cɨt baa nɔɔ sii triep] : to be about to die
    
12. ជើងស៊ី [cəəŋ sii] : one who likes good food, gourmet
    
13. ជើងស៊ី [cəəŋ sii] : to be corrupt, easily bribed
    
14. ជំងឺស៊ីដា [----- sii daa] : AIDS
    
15. ទារស៊ី [tie sii] : to ask (only) for food (used by parents to describe their difficult children)
    
16. ទំពាស៊ី [tumpie sii] : to chew
    
17. និយាយផ្សំស៊ី [niʔyiey psɑm sii] : to flatter, fawn, curry favor; to feign hard work in order to get a reward
    
18. បានស៊ីបានចុក [baa nɔɔ sii baa nɔɔ cok] : to get to eat.
    
19. បានស៊ីបានចុក [baa nɔɔ sii baa nɔɔ cok] : to gain something through flattery
    
20. ផឹកស៊ី [pʰək~pʰɑk sii] : to have a banquet, eat and drink
    See: ស៊ីផឹក
21. ប្លមស៊ី [plɑɑm sii] : to have something to eat at someone else's expense
    
22. ភ្នែកស៊ីវ៉ែនតា [----- sii vaen taa] : weak eyes which require glasses
    
23. មនុស្សស៊ីបញ្ចើច [mɔnuh~meaʔnuh~mɔnɨh sii bɑɲcaəc] : person who likes / is easily swayed by flattery
    
24. មាត់ស៊ីអំបិលព្រហក់ [moat sii ʔɑmbǝl prɔhʊək] : to guess correctly by accident; to have an uncanny knack for predicting the future
    
25. មានស៊ីមានចុក [mien sii mien cok] : to have enough to eat
    
26. មុខថ្ងៃស៊ី [muk tŋay sii] : pock-marked face
    
27. រកស៊ី [rɔɔk sii] : to earn a living; to start up a business
    
28. ល្មោភស៊ី [lmoop sii] : to be gluttonous
    
29. សាច់ស៊ីវ [sac sii vɔɔ] : roast pork
    
30. សំរោងស៊ីផ្លែ [sɑmraoŋ sii plae] : kind of tree with edible fruit (Sterculia lychnophora)
    
31. ស៊ីកូនឯង [sii koon ʔae ŋɔɔ] : to take advantage of one's children or subordinates
    
32. ស៊ីកោរ [sii kao] : to take advantage, cheat
    
33. ស៊ីកំរៃ [sii kɑmray] : to receive a commission / tip / bonus
    
34. ស៊ីកំរៃ [sii kɑmray] : to take a commission
    
35. ស៊ីកំឡាំង [sii -----] : to live at the expense of others, freeload
    
36. ស៊ីកំឡាំង [sii -----] : to be physically exhausting; to require a great amount of physical strength
    
37. ស៊ីក្នុង [sii knoŋ] : to rot / decay internally
    
38. ស៊ីក្រចក [sii krɑcɑɑk] : or ស្រែងស៊ី ក្រចក kind of disease of the fingernail / toenail
    Reference: ដំបេស៊ីក្រចក
39. ស៊ីក្រោមភ្នែក [sii kraom -----] : to cheat openly; to take away someone's wife easily
    
40. ស៊ីឆ្ងាញ់ [sii cŋaɲ] : (of a game) to win easily
    
41. ស៊ីជី [sii cii] : to require fertilizer
    
42. ស៊ីជឹង [sii cɨŋ] : to depend on
    
43. ស៊ីជើង [sii cəəŋ] : skin infection around the toes, athlete's foot
    Reference: ដំបេស៊ីជើង
44. ស៊ីជំនោរ [sii cumnoo] : to respond favorably to flattery
    
45. ស៊ីជំពូ [sii -----]
46. ស៊ីជំរៅ [sii cumrɨv] : (of a ship) to have a deep draft
    
47. ស៊ីជំរៅ [sii cumrɨv] : to insinuate / hint at (usually something critical)
    
48. ស៊ីជ្រៅ [sii crɨv] : to hide one's feelings, to be cold / unemotional (on the surface)
    
49. ស៊ីឈ្នួល [sii cnuəl] : to work for someone, go into domestic service, take a job (usually menial); to be an employee; to live on wages; to work for hire; hired mercenary
    
50. ស៊ីបួស [sii buəh] : to eat the same diet as a Buddhist monk; to be a vegetarian; to fast
    
51. ស៊ីបោសលាន [sii baoh lien] : to eat everything
    
52. ស៊ីប៉ារេត [sii paa ree tɑɑ] : to flick / shoot a កោយបោះ on the ground at the កោយដាំ in the game called ល្បែងអង្គញ់
    
53. ស៊ីប្រាក់កំរៃ [sii prak kɑmray] : to receive a salary
    
54. ស៊ីប្រាក់ខែ [sii prak kʰae] : to receive a monthly salary; to live / feed on
    
55. ស៊ីប្រាក់ចាស់ [sii prak cah] : to receive a pension / social security
    
56. ស៊ីប្រាក់ថ្ងៃ [sii prak tŋay] : to receive a daily salary
    
57. ស៊ីប្រាក់រ៉ឺត្រែត [sii prak rəɨtraet] : to receive a pension
    
58. ស៊ីប្រាជ្ញា [sii praacɲaa] : to steal someone else's idea
    
59. ស៊ីចង្វាក់គ្នា [sii cɑŋvak knie] : to cooperate, do something together; to get along well, be compatible; to agree
    Eg. សង្គមខ្មែរនិងលទ្ឋិកុម្មុយនិស្តមិនស៊ីចង្វាក់គ្នាទេ: Cambodian society and communism are incompatible
60. ស៊ីចាយ [sii caay] : to spend (on food or drink without much thought), waste (money)
    
61. ស៊ីចិត្ត [sii cət] : to be suspicious (of), mistrust
    
62. ស៊ីចុក [sii cok] : to chew betel and tobacco; to eat; to make a living
    
63. ស៊ីចុក [sii cok] : (a) to live at someone else's expense (b) to share each other's hardships (as husband and wife)
    Reference: ស៊ីចុកបុកទំពា
64. ស៊ីចំណេញ [sii cɑmnəɲ] : to derive advantage / benefit
    
65. ស៊ីចំប៉ា [sii cɑmpaa]
66. ស៊ីឆ [sii cʰɑɑ] : to trick, deceive, con (someone); to obtain by trickery / cheating
    
67. ស៊ីឆ្ងាញ់ [sii cŋaɲ] : to be delicious
    
68. ស៊ីឆ្ងាញ់ [sii cŋaɲ] : to be open to bribery
    
69. ស៊ីម៉ៃ [sii may] See: ស៊ុយមៃ
70. ស៊ីម៉ៅ [sii mav] : to eat everything; to accuse everyone
    
71. ស៊ីយាងយាវ [sii yieŋ yiev] See: ស៊ីទំលាក់
72. ស៊ីរញ៉ិបរញ៉ុប [sii rɔɲəp-rɔɲop] : to eat quickly anything that is at hand
    
73. ស៊ីរាក់ [sii reak] : to have a shallow draft (of a ship).
    
74. ស៊ីរាក់ [sii reak] : to be open, emotional, show one's feelings easily ( ស៊ីទឹករាកញ់ )
    
75. ស៊ីរូង [sii ruuŋ] : to rot / decay internally
    
76. ស៊ីផ្អែម [sii pʔaem] : to make profits easily
    
77. ស៊ីពីក្រោយខ្នង [sii pii kraoy knɑɑŋ] : to take something / cheat behind someone's back
    
78. ស៊ីពីមុខ [sii pii muk] : to take something / cheat in plain sight
    
79. ស៊ីពេល [sii peel] : to take / require (a certain amount of) time
    Eg. កិច្ចការនេះធំណាស់ ស៊ីពេលអស់​ច្រើនថ្ងៃ​ ទើបធ្វើហើយ: This is a big job and will require many days before it is finished.
80. ស៊ីព្រុយកន្ទេល [sii pruy kɑnteel] : to be addicted to drinking
    
81. ស៊ីព្រោះលោះកំឡាំង [sii prʊəh lʊəh -----] : to be supported by someone else (esp. children by their parents)
    
82. ស៊ីភ្លើង [sii pləəŋ] : (of an electrical appliance) to use electricity
    
83. ស៊ីភ្លើង [sii pləəŋ] : (of a spiritual medium) to extinguish a candle in the mouth
    
84. ស៊ីមិនដាច់ [sii mɨn dac] : to be unable to win and lose again and again (in gambling)
    
85. ស៊ីរែក [sii rɛɛk] : to take / capture both sides (in a game)
    
86. ស៊ីរ៉ឺត្រែត [sii rəɨtraet] See: ស៊ីប្រាក់រ៉ឺត្រែត
87. ស៊ីលុយ [sii luy] : to take advantage, take a bribe
    
88. ស៊ីលើ [sii lǝǝ] See: ដើរខ្សែលើ
89. ស៊ីលើ [sii lǝǝ] : to cheat
    
90. ស៊ីលៀង [sii liǝŋ] : to participate in a feast / party, attend a banquet
    
91. ស៊ីលៀង [sii liǝŋ] : to participate in a feast / party
    
92. ស៊ីលៀប [sii liǝp]
93. ស៊ីលេង [sii leeŋ] : to eat a snack
    
94. ស៊ីលោភ [sii loop] : to eat greedily, gobble up
    
95. ស៊ីស្លា [sii slaa] : to chew betel (mixed with lime, areca and tobacco)
    
96. ស៊ីស្លា [sii slaa] : ? Do you want a bloody mouth? (i.e. a punch in the mouth; because chewing betel stains the lips and mouth red)
    Reference: ចង់ស៊ីស្លាឬអ្វី
97. ស៊ីស្លា [sii slaa] : to be engaged, have an engagement agreed upon by the parents of the bride and groom
    
98. ស៊ីស្លាកន្សែង [sii slaa kɑnsaeŋ] : to conclude the second part of the engagement ceremonies
    
99. ស៊ីហ្មត់ [sii mat] : to eat everything; to win everything (in the game called បាយខុំ )
    
100. ស៊ីឡាក [sii laak] : to take advantage of both sides in a situation; to win half a jackpot in a lottery by matching the winning number but with the digits reversed (e.g. 13 instead of 31)
     
101. ស៊ីឡឹប [sii lǝp] : to embezzle, swindle
     
102. ស៊ីឡឹប [sii lǝp] : to embezzle, swindle; to cheat
     
103. ស៊ីអាចម៍ផឹកទឹក [sii ʔac pʰək~pʰɑk tɨk] : to swallow the opium deposit inside the tube after smoking
     
104. ស៊ីការ [sii kaa] : to attend a marriage feast, take part in wedding festivities, go to a wedding
     
105. ស៊ីការ [sii kaa] See: ស៊ីការប្រាក់
106. ស៊ីការប្រាក់ [sii kaa prak] : to earn interest on money (either by putting it in an interest bearing bank account or lending it at interest)
     
107. ស៊ីថោក [sii tʰaok] : to charge little
     
108. ស៊ីថ្លៃ [sii tlay] : to charge a high price, to be expensive (of labor)
     
109. ស៊ីទឹកជ្រៅ [sii tɨk crɨv] See: ស៊ីជំរៅ
110. ស៊ីទំលាក់ [sii -----] : to require a deep but slow stroke (of rowing)
     
111. ស៊ីទ្រាប់ពោះ [sii troap pʊəh] : to eat a light snack
     
112. ស៊ីធំ [sii tʰom] : to spend a lot of money; to eat well / luxuriously
     
113. ស៊ីនុយ [sii nuy] : to bite, take bait; to take a bribe; to be corruptible
     
114. ស៊ីនួន [sii nuun]
115. ស៊ីនៅមុខ [sii nɨv muk] : to cheat / steal right in front of the owner
     
116. ស៊ីបញ្ជោរ [sii bɑɲcoo] See: ស៊ីជំនោរ
117. ស៊ីដល់ក [sii dɑl kɑɑ] : to eat one's fill
     
118. ស៊ីដល់ក [sii dɑl kɑɑ] : to take a bribe
     
119. ស៊ីដាច់ [sii dac] : to defeat, win over, best someone
     
120. ស៊ីដាច់គេ [sii dac kee] : to be the best / the winner
     Eg. ក្នុង​ចំណោមយុវនារីទាំងអស់​ កូនស្រីលោក មានសម្ផស្សស៊ីដាច់គេ: Your daughter is the most beautiful of all the girls.
121. ស៊ីដេកៗ : to loaf
     
122. ស៊ីដែក [sii daek]
123. ស៊ីដោយសារញន [sii daoy saa~saaraʔ -----] : to live at someone else's expense
     
124. ស៊ីណាំតាន [sii -----]
125. ស៊ីតូច [sii tooc~tuuc] : to spend stingily; to eat frugally
     
126. ស៊ីថួ [sii tʰuə]
127. ស៊ីខាវ [sii kʰaav] : to be filled by a wind from the side (of a sail)
     
128. ស៊ីខូង [sii kʰooŋ] : to cheat, gyp, take advantage of, rip off
     
129. ស៊ីខ្មុក [sii kmok] : to eat everything
     
130. ស៊ីខ្វាត់បំបាត់បន្ធ [sii kvat bɑmbat pʊən] : to steal / embezzle tax money
     
131. ស៊ីគោល [sii kool]
132. ស៊ីគំនិត [sii kumnit] : to steal someone else's idea
     
133. ស៊ីគ្នា [sii knie] : to be in harmony, be appropriate to one another, harmonize; to have similar ideas; to match (as an outfit of clothes)
     
134. ស៊ីគ្នាវា [sii knie vie] : to eat each other, eat one's own kind.
     
135. ស៊ីចង្វាក់គ្នា [sii cɑŋvak knie] : to keep time, mark time.
     
136. ស៊ីប្រេង [sii preɛŋ] : to consume oil (usually refers to a high level of consumption, as an old automobile that burns oil)
     
137. ស៊ីផឹក [sii pʰək~pʰɑk] : to eat and drink, have a good time
     
138. ស៊ីផេះ [sii pʰeh] : to get nothing, come up empty-handed; to do in vain
     Eg. ពេលដែលមានត្រីច្រើន​ មិន​មកទេ ឥឡូវគេយកអស់ហើយ​ឯងស៊ី​ផេះទៅ​!: When there were lots of fish, you didn't come; now they have caught them all and you get nothing! See: ស៊ីតែផេះ
139. ស៊ីផ្ដាច់ស្រុក [sii pdac srok] : to gain control of all the wealth and resources of a village
     
140. ស៊ីផ្ដាច់ស្រុក [sii pdac srok] : to win (in the game បាយខុំ )
     
141. ស៊ីផ្ដាំ [sii pdam] : to have a good time while the opportunity lasts, make hay while the sun shines
     
142. ស៊ីផ្ដេសផ្ដាស [sii pdeɛh-pdaah] : to eat whatever is available
     
143. ស៊ីផ្លាប់ [sii plap] : to snatch something up quickly (as a lizard eating a fly)
     
144. ស៊ីផ្លែត្នោត [sii plae tnaot] : to be cheated, fall for someone's trick
     
145. ស៊ីផ្អែម [sii pʔaem] : to eat sweet desserts.
     
146. ស៊ីសាប់ [sii sap] : to require a high rate of rowing in order to gain speed (referring to a kind of racing boat)
     
147. ស៊ីសាំង [sii saŋ] : to consume gasoline
     
148. ស៊ីសឹក [sii sǝk] : Chinese gambling cards of four colors (red, green, white, and yellow)
     Reference: បៀស៊ីសឹក
149. ស៊ីសោហ៊ុយ [sii sao huy] : to require a high expenditure of money; to be very expensive
     
150. ស៊ីសំ [sii -----] : (of fish) to nibble at the algae / slimy substance that covers the scales
     
151. ស៊ីសំណូក [sii sɑmnook] : to take a bribe, to be corruptible
     
152. ស៊ីសំណូក [sii sɑmnook] : to take a bribe; to engage in bribery; to be corrupt
     
153. ស៊ីសំណែន [sii sɑmnaen] : to eat food after it has been offered to the spirits; to receive a bribe
     
154. ស៊ីសំណែន [sii sɑmnaen] : to take bribes; to be corrupt
     
155. ស៊ីស្រម៉ [sii srɑmɑɑ]
156. ស៊ីវេលា [sii veelie] : to be time consuming; to waste time
     
157. ស៊ីសង [sii sɑɑŋ] : to gamble
     
158. ស៊ីសង [sii sɑɑŋ] : to get revenge, pay back
     
159. ស៊ីសាច់ [sii sac] : to eat meat
     
160. ស៊ីមិនមុត [sii mɨn mut] : to be incapable of working; to be unable to obtain profits
     
161. ស៊ីមឹង [sii mɨŋ] : to depend on
     
162. ស៊ីមឹង [sii mɨŋ] : to be stubborn; to persist, resist, stand up (against)
     
163. ស៊ីមឹង [sii mɨŋ] : to look at with enmity, regard with animosity
     
164. ស៊ីមួយចំហៀងស្រុក [sii muə yɔɔ cɑmhiəŋ srok] : to receive half of the total resources of an area / village
     
165. ស៊ីមួយចំហៀងស្រុក [sii muə yɔɔ cɑmhiəŋ srok] : to take all the pieces from the five holes on the opponent's side (in the children's game called បាយខុំ )
     
166. ស៊ីមេកូន [sii mee koon] : to take the mother and the children
     
167. ស៊ីមេកូន [sii mee koon] : to have an affair with a mother and her daughter
     
168. ស៊ីមេកូន [sii mee koon] : to take seeds from two holes at a time (in the children's game called បាយខុំ )
     
169. ហែកស៊ី [haek sii] : to tear / rip into (as a tiger eating its prey)
     
170. អត់ឃ្លានមានបើស៊ី [ʔɑt klien mien baə sii] : to be able to get along on the amount of food one has
     
171. ហ្វ្រ័ងស៊ីល្អ [fraŋ sii lʔɑɑ] : good brakes
     
172. អ្នកវាយអែបស៊ីអប [neak viey~vay ʔaep sii ʔɑɑp] : apple-polisher, sycophant