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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
chandeen	many	چَندین	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 3
chand tā	how many (colloquial)	چَندتا	The verb ‘To Have’, How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
chand tā khaté otoboos 'avaz meekonam tā beresam	I change several bus lines to get here	چَند تا خَطِ اُتوبوس عَوَض می‌کُنَم تا بِرِسَم	A Separation, Part 1
chand tā māsheen dāree?	How many cars do you have? (informal)	چَندتا ماشین داری؟	The verb ‘To Have’
chand tā māsheen dāreen?	How many cars do you have? (formal)	چَندتا ماشین دارین؟	The verb ‘To Have’
changāl	fork	چَنگال	Persian Food, Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
charkh	bike	چَرخ
chārshambé	Wednesday	چِهار شَنبِه	Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
chashm	literally: 'eye' meaning: ok	چَشم	Common Persian Sayings and Expressions
chashm	eye	چَشم	barafshān: Hafez's barafshān Part 2
chāyee	tea	چای	Food (Vocabulary Sprint)
ché	that	چه	dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
ché	whether	چِه	aybé rendān makon: Hafez's aybé rendān makon 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?	what?	چی؟	A Separation, Part 4
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

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