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

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.[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) 

  1. [from before 1920] safety first

References
  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

Korean
Hanja in this term
安全第一

Noun

安全第一 • (anjeonjeil) (hangeul 안전제일)

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

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
安全第一

Phrase

安全第一

  1. chữ Hán form of an toàn đệ nhất.
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