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Persian (phonetic)	English	Script	Appears In
ché kārhāyee doost dāreen bokoneen?	what do you like to do? (formal)	چِه کارهایی دوست دارین بُکُنین؟	How to Talk About Your Likes and Dislikes
ché khabar?	what’s the news? (what’s up?)	چِه خَبَر؟	How to Greet People and Ask How They're Doing
ché khoshgel-ee	how pretty you are!	چِه خوشگِلی	How to Talk About Love and Friendship
chelō kabob	kabob	چِلو کَباب	Persian Food
ché māhee bad-āb andaroon bā nahang!	fish and whales, what a bad climate!	چِه ماهی بَد‌آب اَندَرون با نَهَنگ	Shahnameh, Part 3
ché namāyeshgāhé bozorgee!	what a big gallery/fair/exhibition!	چِه نَمایِشگاهِ بُزُرگی!	Tārof at a Gallery
chenān beetābam	I am so restless		dar golestané: Sohrab Sepehri's dar golestané Part 4
cherāgh	light	چراغ	fathe bagh: Forough Farokhzad's fathe bagh Part 2
cherāgh	light, lamp	چِراغ	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
cherāghé del	light of the heart	چِراغِ دِل	payāmé naseem: Hafez's payāmé naseem Part 2
cherā hay lajbāzee meekonee?	why do you keep being stubborn?	چِرا هِی لَجبازی می‌کُنی؟	A Separation, Part 5
cherā meslé ādam harf nemeezanee?	why don't you talk like a human being?	چِرا مِثلِ آدَم حَرف نِمی‌زَنی؟	A Separation, Part 5
cherā na?	why not?	چِرا نَه؟	How to Use Question Words, More Family Vocabulary, and a Few Filler Words and Phrases
cherā paydāt neest?	where've you been?	چِرا پِیدات نیست؟	Meeting Up with Friends
cherā poolé zoor?	why forced money?	چِرا پولِ زور؟	A Separation, Part 5
cheshām	my eyes	چشام	raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
cheshm	eye	چِشم	shād zee: Rudaki's shād zee Part 2
cheshm	eye	چِشم	How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint), raz: Ahmad Shamlou's raz Part 3
cheshmesh nazaneem	let's not give them the evil eye	چِشمِش نَزَنیم	Respect in the Persian Culture
cheshmetoon ghashang meebeené	your eye sees nicely	چِشمِتون قَشَنگ می‌بینِه	Respect in the Persian Culture

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