安全

ān quán

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Meaning · English

Safe; safety. Used for places, food, traffic, data — anything that is free from danger.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Yên ổn, không gặp nguy hiểm; cũng chỉ trạng thái yên ổn đó. Dùng cho nơi chốn, thực phẩm, giao thông, dữ liệu…

Literally: peaceful and whole

Register: neutral

Examples

晚上一个人回家不太安全。Wǎnshang yī ge rén huíjiā bù tài ānquán.It is not very safe to go home alone at night.

Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check

Sources & notes

Hán-Việt bridge batch 061 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): etymology of “an toàn” = 安全 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “an toàn” (an-toan). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.

Equivalents & related

Common questions

What does “安全” mean?

Safe; safety. Used for places, food, traffic, data — anything that is free from danger. Literally: peaceful and whole

Is “安全” formal or informal?

安全 is generally neutral.

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