安全第一

Chinese

		safe; secure; safety safe; secure; safety; security	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 daiichi); itself a calque of English safety first; attested since at least 1930.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ānquán dì-yī
(Zhuyin): ㄢㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ cyun⁴ dai⁶ jat¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): on¹ qiên² ti⁴ yid⁵
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): an-choân tē-it
(Teochew, Peng'im): uan¹ cuêng⁵ doin⁶ ig⁴ / uan¹ cuang⁵ doi⁶ êg⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ānquán dì-yī
  - Zhuyin: ㄢㄑㄩㄢˊ 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 t͡ɕʰɥɛn³⁵ ti⁵¹ i⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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 t͡ʃʰyːn²¹ tɐi̯²² jɐt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: on¹ qiên² ti⁴ yid⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ɔn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰiɛn¹¹ tʰi⁵³⁻⁵⁵ it̚¹/
Min Nan
- (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

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.[1]

First attested in 1920 in the 秘密辞典 (Himitsu Jiten, “Secret Dictionary”).[1] 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)

[from before 1920] safety first

References

“安全第一”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
安	全	第	一

Noun

安全第一 • (anjeonjeil) (hangeul 안전제일)

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

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
安	全	第	一

Phrase

安全第一

chữ Hán form of an toàn đệ nhất.

[KDJ2-1] “安全第一”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN