安全第一

Chinese

		safe; secure; unattractive safe; secure; unattractive; ugly	first; 1st; number one first; 1st; number one; #1; first
trad. (安全第一)		安全	第一
simp. #(安全第一)		安全	第一

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 安(あん)全(ぜん)第(だい)一(いち) (anzen daīchi); itself a calque of English safety first; attested since at least 1930.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ānquán dì-yī

  (Zhuyin): ㄢ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ cyun⁴ dai⁶ jat¹
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): on¹ qiên² ti⁴ yid⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): an-choân tē-it

  (Teochew, Peng'im): uan¹ cuêng⁵ doin⁶ ig⁴ / uan¹ cuang⁵ doi⁶ êg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ānquán dì-yī
    • Zhuyin: ㄢ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ancyuán dìyi
    • Wade–Giles: an¹-chʻüan² ti⁴-i¹
    • Yale: ān-chywán dì-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anchyuan dihi
    • Palladius: аньцюань дии (anʹcjuanʹ dii)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: on¹ cyun⁴ dai⁶ jat¹
    • Yale: ōn chyùhn daih yāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ tsyn⁴ dai⁶ jat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: on¹ qun⁴ dei⁶ yed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹ tɐi̯²² jɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: on¹ qiên² ti⁴ yid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ɔn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰiɛn¹¹ tʰi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ it̚¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: an-choân tē-it
    • Tâi-lô: an-tsuân tē-it
    • Phofsit Daibuun: anzoaan dexid
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡suan²³⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ it̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡suan²⁴⁻¹¹ te³³⁻¹¹ it̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uan¹ cuêng⁵ doin⁶ ig⁴ / uan¹ cuang⁵ doi⁶ êg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uaⁿ tshuêng tŏiⁿ ik / uaⁿ tshuâng tŏi ek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ũã³³⁻²³ t͡sʰueŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tõĩ³⁵⁻¹¹ ik̚²/, /ũã³³⁻²³ t͡sʰuaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ toi³⁵⁻¹¹ ek̚²/

Note:

• uan1 cuêng5 doin6 ig4 - Chaozhou;
• uan1 cuang5 doi6 êg4 - Jieyang.

Phrase

安全第一

1. safety first

Japanese

Kanji in this term
安	全	第	一
あん Grade: 3	ぜん Grade: 3	だい Grade: 3	いち Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

Phrase composed of 安全 (anzen, “safety”) +‎ 第一 (daiichi, “first”). Calque of English safety first.

First attested in 1920 in the 秘密辞典 (Himitsu Jiten, “Secret Dictionary”). Considering the publication, the term would have been in use before then.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ã̠nd͡zẽ̞n da̠iit͡ɕi]

Phrase

安(あん)全(ぜん)第(だい)一(いち) • (anzen daiichi) 

1. [from before 1920] safety first

Korean

Hanja in this term
安	全	第	一

Noun

安全第一 • (anjeonjeil) (hangeul 안전제일)

1. Hanja form^? of 안전제일 (“safety first”).