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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
chāyee	tea	چای	Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
ché	that	چه	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
ché bayad kard	what must we do?	چه باید کرد	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 5
chee	what	چي	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
chee doost dāree?	What do (would) you like?	چی دوست داری؟	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
chee fekr kardee?	What did you think?	چی فِکر کَردی؟	Compound Verbs
cheekār meekonee?	What are you doing? (informal)	چِه‌کار می‌کُنی؟	Present Continuous Tense
cheen	China	چین	How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
cheenee	Chinese	چینی	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
chee-yé?	What is it?	چی‌یِه (چیه)؟	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
cheez	thing	چیز	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
cheezee hast	there is a thing	چیزی هست	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 3
cheghadr	how much	چِِقَدر؟	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
cheghadr	how much	چِقَدر	How to Talk About the Time and Weather
chegooné	how (more literary)	چِگونِه	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
chehel	40	چِهِل	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
chehel ō panj	45	چِهِل و پَنج	More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
chejooree meeresee forodgāh	how are you arriving at the airport	چه جوری میرسی فرودگاه	How To Discuss Travel
chejoor talafoz meeshé?	How is it pronounced?	چِه جور تَلَفُظ می‌شِه؟	How to Speak About the Languages You Know
ché kārhāyee doost dāree bokonee?	What do you like to do? (informal)	چِه كارهايي دوست دارى بُکُنى؟	How to Talk About Your Likes and Dislikes

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