paramour, kan-hu; lãu-ĩang.
parapet, chhiêⁿ-ku̍eh; chhiêⁿ-ûi.
parasite, kià-seⁿ.
parasol, ji̍t-chia; hõu-chia; hõu-sùaⁿ.
parcel, pau.
parched, pha̍k-ta ; kan-tshàu. rice, tshá-bí, tea with this in it, bí-kam-tê.
parchment, iêⁿ-phûe-tsúa.
pardon, sià-tsũe; khuan-iũ; khuan-sià; sià-iũ; sià-mién; khuan-mién. pardonable, khó-sù; khó-sià, pardon me, sù-tsũe; sù-tsũe sù-tsũe. I beg your pardon, ũ-tsũe; sù--chē; chhiáⁿ-sù--chē; sit-lói; m̄-tsai-thâu; m̄-tsai kak-tshat; sit-kak-tshat. apologising for not having received a visitor, sit-pûe; sit-chiap.
pare, siah; phoi; kueh. the nails, chién-tsńg-kah; ka-tsńg-kah.
parents, pẽ-bó; sang-chhin. high parentage, lú-tō tsam-eng.
parenthesis, tshah-kù.
parlour, kheh-thiaⁿ; khah-thiaⁿ.
parricide, chhì-pẽ.
parrot, eng-ko; eng-bú.
parry, tói-tiãu, koh-tsũ.
parsimonious, khiãm, khieh-si̍p; kien-liẽn.
parsley, khṳ̂n-tshài.
parsnip, huan tshài-thâu (foreign turnips).
part, siang-pie̍t; lī-pie̍t; chiãm-pie̍t; lī-khui. divide, pun; pun-khui. off, keh; tsò-kak-pie̍t. a, hūn; kou; tn̄g; ē; ku̍eh; ûe. the greater part, che̍k-tōa-ûe; che̍k-tōa-pùaⁿ. six parts out of ten, la̍k-siâⁿ.
partake, ũ-hūn. of a meal, tsò-pû-chia̍h.
partial, phien-sim; phien-sṳ; tōa-sòi-sim; khin-tãng-sim; khuah-o̍ih-sim. to any one, phien-ài. not, bô-i bô-lṳ́; bô-chhin bô-so; bô-tshṳ́ bô-pí; chhiú-pûaⁿ iā-sĩ-ne̍k, chhiú-tói iā-sĩ-ne̍k. partially, būa-uân; būe-tshûan; būe-chheng-tshó; kúi-siâⁿ.
particle (in grammar), hṳ-jī. a small, che̍k-sut-kiáⁿ.
particoloured, hue-long-sek; hue-tiám tsa̍p-sek; poiⁿ-sek; hue-poiⁿ.
particular, só-tshùi; só-siak; sòi-siâng. the particulars, chhêng-iû; che̍k-kiãⁿ che̍k-kiãⁿ. of an account, che̍k-tiâu che̍k-tiâu.