List of Khmer words of Chinese origin

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**Words of Chinese origin** have entered the Khmer language and many Asian languages.
The following is a list of words and names that have entered the Khmer language from Chinese, chiefly through the Vietnamese language.

## ក
* កុកងឺ (kok ŋɨɨ): from 國語; Mandarin Chinese
* កួន (kuən): from 觀. (cf: ចាវតាកួន/周達觀)
* កៅ (kav): from 九; 9 or 90.

## ខ
* ខិក (kʰək): from 客; Hakka Chinese

## គ
* គាវ (kiev): from 餃; dumplings, potstickers, wontons.
* គិម (kim): (see: គីម)
* គីម (kiim): from 金; gold or metal.
* គុយទាវ (kuy tiev): from 粿條; a noodle soup of rice noodles with pork stock and other ingredients.
* គូលី (kuulii): from 苦力; coolie or laborer.

## ឃ
## ង
## ច
* ចាវ (caav): from 周; the surname Zhou
* ចិន (cən): from 中; China/Chinese.
* ចែ (cae): from 姐; older sister.

## ឆ
* ឆន (cʰɑɑn): from 終; whole, complete, entire.
* ឆៃថាវ (cʰay tʰaav): from 菜头; Chinese turnip.

## ជ
* ជិត (cɨt): from 七; 7 or 70.

## ឈ
## ញ
## ដ
## ឋ
## ឌ
## ឍ
## ណ
## ត
* តា (taa kuən): from 達. (cf: ចាវតាកួន/周達觀)
* តៀជីវ (tie ciiv): from 潮州; Teochew/Chaozhou

## ថ
## ទ
* ទុង (tuŋ): from 東. (cf: 毛澤東; Mao Tse Tong)

## ធ
## ន
## ប
* បាញ់កាញ់ (baɲ kaɲ): from 餅羮; kind of soup made with flat noodles.
* បាញ់ឆែវ (baɲ cʰaev): from 餅饒; a kind of Vietnamese fried pancake made with rice flour, turmeric powder, and water, filled with fatty pork and shrimp, bean sprouts and diced green onions.
* ប៉ែត (paet): from 八; 8 or 80.
* ប៉ោ (pao): from 牌九; a kind of Chinese gambling game.

## ផ
* ផាវ (phaav): from 炮; firecrackers.

## ព
## ភ
## ម
* មី (mi): from **米**粉; noodles.
* ម៉ុង (moŋ): from 墓; grave.
* មេ (mei): from 妹; little sister.
* ម៉ៅ (mav): from 毛; the Surname Mao
* ម៉ៅសេទុង (mav se tuŋ): from 毛泽东/毛澤東; Mao Tse Tong.

## យ
* យ៉ាវ (yaav): from 菠蘿**油**, kind of Chinese pastry.

## រ
## ល
* លិម (lim): (see: លីម)
* លី (lii): from 李; doctrine, precepts, or tenets.
* លីម (liim): from 林; forest, grove, the Surname Lim.
* លឺ (lɨɨ): from 汝; you (speaking to a Chinese person).

## វ
## ស
* សាម (saam): from 三; 3 or 30.
* សិន (sən): from 森; forest, the Surname Sin.
* ស៊ិនសែ (sin sae): from 先生; teacher, (Chinese) doctor, fortune-teller. 
* ស៊ិនហួ (sin huə): from 新華; Xinhua Chinese News Agency.
* សិប (səp): from 十; 10.
* ស៊ុយ (suy): from 推; to ponder over or to think carefully.
* សេ (se): from 澤. (cf: 毛澤東; Mao Tse Tong)
* សែ (sae): from 四; 4 or 40.
* សែ (sae): from 姓; clan, lineage, family name, surname.
* សំលាញ់ (sɑmlaɲ): from ស្រលេញ, possibly ultimately from Middle Chinese 生 (*shræŋ); friend, buddy, lover.
* ស្រលាញ់ (srɑlaɲ): from ស្រលេញ, possibly ultimately from Middle Chinese 生 (*shræŋ); to love.
* ស្រ៊ុន (srun): from 順, harmonious, favorable, or convenient; surname.

## ហ
* ហា (haa): from 五, 5 or 50.
* ហាង (haaŋ): from 行, store or shop.
* ហុក (hok): from 六, 6 or 60.
* ហុកកៀន (hok kien): from 福建, Hokkien.
* ហួរ (huə): from 华/華, prosperous, talented, luxurious, or elite.
* ហេង (heŋ): from 幸, happiness or honor.

## ឡ
## អ
* អុងឡូវ (ʔoŋ ləv): [See: អាំងឡូវ]
* អាំងឡូវ (ʔaŋ ləv): from 熔炉/熔爐; kind of Chinese stove made of clay, oven, portable earthenware brazier.
* អៀវ (ʔiev): from 一, one (used in a Chinese gambling game).

## ឱ
* ឱក (ʔaok): from 玉; jade, the Surname Aok/Ok.