Khmer Dictionary: ចង្រិត
Headley's Khmer-English Dictionary
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ចង្រិត
( n )
[cɑŋrət]
cricket
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ចង្រិតខ្មោច
[cɑŋrət kmaoc]
: kind of cricket resembling a May-bug
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ចង្រិតដូង
[cɑŋrət dooŋ]
: large edible cricket
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ចង្រិតដែក
[cɑŋrət daek]
: large aggressive black or dark brown species of cricket (Cambodian children stage cricket fights with these)
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ដង្ហើមចង្រិត
[dɑŋhaəm cɑŋrət]
: instant, short moment
Eg. ...ចាប់បានមួយដង្ហើមចង្រិតប៉ុណោះ រួចខ្លួនវិញទៅហើយ: was arrested and in no time at all was back on the streets. -
ដង្ហើមចង្រិត
[dɑŋhaəm cɑŋrət]
: to gasp for breath (short for ដកដង្ហើមចង្រិត )
Eg. ...ដោយឃើញមានឈាមធ្លាក់ពីមាត់ពីច្រមុះផង និងដង្ហើមចង្រិតផង ...។: seeing that he was bleeding from the mouth and nose and gasping for breath ....