安全第一

Chinese

 
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 (あん)(ぜん)(だい)(いち) (anzen daīchi); 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
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

(あん)(ぜん)(だい)(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), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

安全第一 • (anjeonjeil) (hangeul 안전제일)

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