How to Say "Meet" in Khmer - How To Say Guide

ជួប

cuəp

The Khmer verb for 'meet' is ជួប (cuəp).

ជួប is used when meeting people. It is not typically used to describe 'meeting' a requirement or a standard.

Meaning: to come face to face with someone by arrangement (verb)

Which one should you use?

While it is used for meeting someone by arrangement, ជួប can also mean to encounter someone by chance.

To express the past tense 'met', you add the particle បាន before the verb, resulting in បានជួប.

cuəp

While ជួប means to meet, Cambodians often ask 'Have you eaten rice yet?' instead of 'How are you?' when they ជួប a friend. This is a cultural way of showing care and affection.
In Cambodia, when you ជួប someone, the greeting is often accompanied by a sampeah, where the palms are pressed together like a prayer. The height of the hands depends on the social status of the person you are meeting.
If you are meeting a high-ranking official, you would typically use a more specialized royal or formal vocabulary instead of the standard ជួប.

ទៅជួប ថម។
Go meet Tom.
This sentence is useful for seeing how to use ជួប in a command or instruction.
Tatoeba #4484410 by angkorsovannnaga, translation #4695791 by CM
ខ្ញុំចង់ជួបគាត់នៅថ្ងៃស្អែក។
khnom chong chuop koat nov thngay sa-ek.
I want to meet him tomorrow.
យើងនឹងជួបគ្នានៅហាងកាហ្វេ។
yeung neung chuop khnea nov hang kafe.
We will meet at the coffee shop.

Two friends are arranging a time to see each other.

រតនៈ Ratanak

ចិន្តា តើពេលណាអ្នកអាចជួបខ្ញុំបាន?
Chinda, tae pel na neak ach chuop khnhom ban?
Chinda, when can you meet me?
ចិន្តា Chinda

ខ្ញុំអាចជួបអ្នកនៅម៉ោងបួន។
khnhom ach chuop neak nov moung boun.
I can meet you at four o'clock.
រតនៈ Ratanak

យល់ព្រម ជួបគ្នានៅទីនោះ។
yol prom, chuop knea nov ti noh.
Agreed, let's meet there.
ចិន្តា Chinda

បាទ ជួបគ្នាពេលនោះ!
bat, chuop knea pel noh!
Yes, see you then!

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