How to Greet Others in Khmer
Sampeah Etiquette in Khmer
Introducing The Cambodian Language
Learn Khmer 01: Greetings & Intro [Khmer Salutations and Worship]
Etiquette in Khmer
Learn Khmer for Beginners: Khmer Greeting - Sampeah
1. Salutation at Chest Level to the Same Age and Rank.
2. Salutation at moath level the Older or Higher Rank.
3. Salutation at nose level to Parents, Grand Parents, Teachers.
4. Salutation at eyebrow level to the King, Monks, sacred object.
5. Salutation above eyebrow level to Buddha and Bord.
Samphors Iny Khmer Lesson: Khmer Greetings
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Cambodian culture
Sampeah Etiquette in Khmer
Introducing The Cambodian Language
Learn Khmer 01: Greetings & Intro [Khmer Salutations and Worship]
Etiquette in Khmer
Learn Khmer for Beginners: Khmer Greeting - Sampeah
1. Salutation at Chest Level to the Same Age and Rank.
2. Salutation at moath level the Older or Higher Rank.
3. Salutation at nose level to Parents, Grand Parents, Teachers.
4. Salutation at eyebrow level to the King, Monks, sacred object.
5. Salutation above eyebrow level to Buddha and Bord.
Samphors Iny Khmer Lesson: Khmer Greetings
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Cambodian culture
How to greet in Cambodia: The five versions of performing Sampeah
How to greet in Cambodia: The five versions of performing Sampeah
Sampeah (in Khmer:)is the Cambodian way to greet and has five different steps to show the respect to another person. In this article, we show you how to perform Sampeah.
Sampeah is either used when you want to greet (in Khmer: -> joom reab sour) somebody or when you want to say goodbye (in Khmer: -> joom reab lea). First of all, we need to place our both palms together like a lotus flower in front of our chest. Both are the formal way to greet and to say goodbye.
Five versions of Sampeah
Performing Sampeah in Cambodia
First Sampeah:
When Cambodian greet their friends who have the same age, they place their both palms together at the chest level.
Performing Sampeah in CambodiaPerforming Sampeah in CambodiaSecond Sampeah:
When Cambodian greet their bosses, older person or higher ranking people, they place their both palms together at the mouth level.
Performing Sampeah to parents, grandparents or teacherThird Sampeah:
When Cambodian greet their parents, grandparents or teacher, they place their both palm together at the nose level.
Performing Sampeah to salute the king or monksFourth Sampeah:
When Cambodian greet the king or monks, they place their both palm together at the eyebrows level.
Performing Sampeah to God or secret statuesFifth Sampeah:
When Cambodian pray to the God or sacred statues, they place their both palm together at the forehead level.
Sampeah is an important part of the Khmer culture. It´s not only a form of greeting but also used to say thank you or apologize. Presenting Sampeah is a sign of respect and politeness and it is considered impolite not to return Sampeah.
Children explain Sampeah
A very nice video with Khmer children who explain the performing of Sampeah in English.
Sourm sva kum: Welcome
Sourm sva kum means welcome in Khmer language. You can listen here, how sourm sva kum is pronounced.
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Sampeah (in Khmer:)is the Cambodian way to greet and has five different steps to show the respect to another person. In this article, we show you how to perform Sampeah.
Sampeah is either used when you want to greet (in Khmer: -> joom reab sour) somebody or when you want to say goodbye (in Khmer: -> joom reab lea). First of all, we need to place our both palms together like a lotus flower in front of our chest. Both are the formal way to greet and to say goodbye.
Five versions of Sampeah
Performing Sampeah in Cambodia
First Sampeah:
When Cambodian greet their friends who have the same age, they place their both palms together at the chest level.
Performing Sampeah in CambodiaPerforming Sampeah in CambodiaSecond Sampeah:
When Cambodian greet their bosses, older person or higher ranking people, they place their both palms together at the mouth level.
Performing Sampeah to parents, grandparents or teacherThird Sampeah:
When Cambodian greet their parents, grandparents or teacher, they place their both palm together at the nose level.
Performing Sampeah to salute the king or monksFourth Sampeah:
When Cambodian greet the king or monks, they place their both palm together at the eyebrows level.
Performing Sampeah to God or secret statuesFifth Sampeah:
When Cambodian pray to the God or sacred statues, they place their both palm together at the forehead level.
Sampeah is an important part of the Khmer culture. It´s not only a form of greeting but also used to say thank you or apologize. Presenting Sampeah is a sign of respect and politeness and it is considered impolite not to return Sampeah.
Children explain Sampeah
A very nice video with Khmer children who explain the performing of Sampeah in English.
Sourm sva kum: Welcome
Sourm sva kum means welcome in Khmer language. You can listen here, how sourm sva kum is pronounced.
(Idea for this article by: Bun Theoun)
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Great to see young talents preserve and show their tradtion. Keep up the good work.
Too cute! These kids are sweet. God bless them for teaching me something new today.
In Cambodia greeting is important. Greeting is one of the codes thoroughly implemented in Cambodian culture. To greet each other, people place both palms together in a manner of praying and bow head. This style of greeting is called "Sampeah" in Khmer language.
When meeting someone. Cambodian people show this type of greeting "Sampeah" and say "Choum Reap Suo –means Hello", and when leaving someone after the meeting, they show the greeting "Sampeah" again and say "Choum Reap Lea – means Goodbye". Presenting "Sampeah" to someone mean respect, and it is considered impolite not to return Sampeah.
To greet people (Sampeah), there are 5 different practices:
When we salute our friends who have the same ages, we place our both palms together at the chest level
When we salute our bosses, older persons, or higher ranking people,we place our both palms together at the mouth level
When we salute our parents, grandparents or teachers, we place our both palms together at the nose level.
When we salute the king, or monks, we place our both palms together at the eyebrows level
When we pray to the God or sacred statues, we place our both palms together at the forehead level.
Please watch the move on youtube then please also leave us some comments below:
When we salute our friends who have the same ages, we place our both palms together at the chest level
When we salute our bosses, older persons, or higher ranking people,we place our both palms together at the mouth level
When we salute our parents, grandparents or teachers, we place our both palms together at the nose level.
When we salute the king, or monks, we place our both palms together at the eyebrows level
When we pray to the God or sacred statues, we place our both palms together at the forehead level.
Please watch the move on youtube then please also leave us some comments below:
