How do you say "safe" in Chinese?

In Chinese, "safe" is 安全 (ānquán). It is a adjective.

Listen to the pronunciation:

Pronunciation

安全 (pinyin: ānquán) is written using Chinese characters (Hanzi).

Related words

Curated by Jack Ratcliffe

Practice 安全 and hundreds more Chinese words in the game.

Buy on Steam

Questions about 安全

How do you pronounce 安全?

安全 is romanised as ānquán in Chinese. This pinyin gives you an approximate pronunciation for English speakers. Listen to the audio on this page for the native pronunciation.

How is 安全 written in Chinese?

安全 is written using Chinese characters (Hanzi). The pinyin is ānquán. Learning to read Chinese characters (Hanzi) takes time, but Noun Town teaches vocabulary through gameplay so the writing becomes familiar through repeated exposure.

Is 安全 formal or casual?

安全 is a common adjective used in everyday Chinese speech. The level of formality in a sentence comes from the surrounding words and grammatical forms rather than from this word alone.

This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Chinese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation.