Farsi · Pronunciation Guide

How do you pronounce "بچه" in Farsi?

Say "BAH-cheh" but lean the stress toward the end: "ba-CHEH", with "cheh" rhyming with the "che" in "cherry" minus the r.

بچه /bæ.tʃe/

bacheh

Stress falls on the final syllable, cheh, following the regular Persian pattern of stressing the last syllable of a noun.

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Sound it out

ب English "b" as in "boy".

چ English "ch" as in "chair", never like French "ch" (sh).

ه A light final "h" sound, or in fast casual speech barely an "eh" vowel — treat it as a soft "h" rather than dropping it entirely.

Hear it in a sentence

بچه در حال بازی است.

Bacheh dar hāl-e bāzi ast.

The child is playing.

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"بچه در حال بازی است" ("The child is playing") uses the progressive construction در حال + present-stem verb, literally "is in the state of playing" — Persian's standard way of expressing an action in progress.

Where English speakers slip

Learners often mispronounce چ as English "sh" (as if it were French); keep it a hard "ch" like in "chocolate". Also don't drop the final ه — it should be a light but audible h, not silent.