prognosticate, pok-khùe; chiam-khùe.
progress, chìn-tsôiⁿ; chìn-pōu; chiáng-chìn. daily progress, che̍k-ji̍t kìⁿ-ji̍t-chìn.
prohibit, kìm; kìm-chí; kìm-kài.
prolix, tàⁿ-ūe lo-so; khah-tsōi ūe-phûe; ūe seⁿ-ki-hie̍h; chhiâng-ngân.
prolong, a period, khuan-hãn; khuan-mān.
promiscuous, tshàm-tsa̍p; hũn-tsa̍p; tshap-tsa̍p.
promise, èng-hṳ́; ìn-sêng; ìn-na̍p; ieh-tiāⁿ; hṳ́; soiⁿ-hṳ́. to fulfil, chién-ieh; zû-ieh; chién-ngân. break, chia̍h-ngân; sit-ieh; súang-ieh.
promotion, seng-kuaⁿ; kau-seng; kia-hong; kia-khip; seng-khip; kia-kuaⁿ chìn-lo̍k.
prompt, mé; khùe; thi-thuat; ióng-kuat; chíap-kuat. to, thî-chhéⁿ; kek-chiàng; kà-so (to a quarrel).
pronounce, tàⁿ. badly, jī-ngán hâm-hû; tàⁿ-ūe kâm-kôu; tàⁿ-ūe m̄-chiàⁿ. well, táⁿ-ūe pe̍h; jī-jī hung-mêng; jī-jī hīn. difficult to, oh-áu; á-m̄-tńg. sentence, tiāⁿ-tsũe; ngí-tsũe; tùan-tiāⁿ sĩ-mih-tsũe.
proof, pêng-kṳ̃; phêng-kṳ̃. printer's, kó.
prop, tú. a wall, tú-chhiêⁿ. up, thèⁿ-kûiⁿ.
proper , ha̍h-ngî; ha̍h-sek; eng-kai; pńg-téng; tie̍h; chiàⁿ; tùi.
property, ngia̍p; mue̍h-ngia̍p; ke-tsṳ; ke-sṳ̄; ke-tshâi; ke-ngia̍p; ke-súaⁿ; súaⁿ-ngia̍p. of a thing, sèⁿ.
prophet, soiⁿ-tsai-nâng. to prophesy (predict), ṳ̃-ngân; soiⁿ-tàⁿ tõ-tsôiⁿ; soiⁿ-tàⁿ būe-lâi kâi-sṳ̄.
propitiate, sek-náu; chí-náu; so̍k-tsũe; khiû-sià.
propitious, sũn; kit. omen, kit-tiãu.
proportion (in arithmetic), pí-lí. in proportion to their number, chiè i kâi nâng-siàu lâi-thuaⁿ. proportionally, chiè-thuaⁿ; kong-thuaⁿ; chiè-ûn; chiè-tōu.
propose, thîn-ngân; thîn-sueh; hièn-kòi; hièn-chheh. for consideration, kṳ́-ngí; kṳ́-khí; thî-khí.
propriety, lí-ngî; lói-ngî; lói-siàu. contrary to, m̄-ha̍h lí-ngî; m̄-ha̍h-sek.
prosecute, kò; kò-sõng; kò-tsñg. prosecutor, ngûan-kò; ngûan-tiâⁿ. as representing another, phõ-kò.
prospect, kuang-kéng; kéng-tì.
prosper, heng-uãng; heng-sẽng; uãng-siàng. prosperity, būan-sṳ̄ lī-ta̍t; kak-sṳ̄ zû-ì; ha̍h-siẽⁿ; sûi-ì; zû-ngũan.