HSK 4 · Adjectives

安全 ānquán “safe” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 安全 means

  1. safe
  2. secure
  3. safety
  4. security

How to say 安全

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale安ān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale全quán2nd tone, rising

安全 in a sentence

  1. 这不安全。

    Zhè bù ānquán.

    This isn’t safe.

    Sentence #2440681 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我很担心我儿子的安全。

    Wǒ hěn dānxīn wǒ érzi de ānquán.

    I’m very worried about my son’s safety.

    Sentence #9958235 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你该选择个安全的密码。

    Nǐ gāi xuǎnzé ge ānquán de mìmǎ.

    You should choose a secure password.

    Sentence #8889568 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 安全 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 安 (ān) with each of its parts in a different colour
安āncalm; peaceful
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 女woman · nǚ

Memory aidA woman 女 under a roof 宀: safe, peaceful.

The character 全 (quán) with each of its parts in a different colour
全quánall
  • 入enter · rù
  • 玉jade · yù

How to write 安全

安 6 strokes · 全 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

安全 (ānquán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 安全 (ānquán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 安全

Words with 安

安静ānjìng · quiet安排ānpái · to arrange晚安wǎn'ān · good night安装ānzhuāng · to install不安bù'ān · uneasy平安píng'ān · safe and sound安慰ānwèi · to comfort安置ānzhì · to find a place for安宁ānníng · peaceful安详ānxiáng · serene

Words with 全

全quán · whole全部quánbù · whole完全wánquán · complete全面quánmiàn · comprehensive健全jiànquán · sound齐全qíquán · complete全局quánjú · overall situation竭尽全力jiéjìnquánlì · to do one’s utmost全力以赴quánlìyǐfù · to go all out

More words: Adjectives

常见chángjiàn · common常用chángyòng · commonly used难看nánkàn · ugly难听nántīng · unpleasant to hear棒bàng · great笨bèn · stupid标准biāozhǔn · standard诚实chéngshí · honest

FAQs

安全 (ānquán) means “safe” or “secure”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it ānquán: ān with a 1st tone, then quán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 安全 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type anquan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 安全 from the suggestions. Typing anquan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
安全 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.