安全带 ānquándài seat belt
seat belt; safety belt
How to remember 安全带: 安 peace + 全 whole + 带 belt = seat belt.
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How it is used
- Seat belt, a compound of 安全 (safe) + 带 (strap). The verb that pairs with it is 系 (jì, to fasten/tie), not 穿 or 戴: 请系好安全带 (qǐng jì hǎo ānquándài) - please fasten your seat belt. Note 系 is read jì here, not its other reading xì (as in 关系).
Example sentences
- 没人系安全带。 Méirénxì ānquándài.None were wearing seat belts.
- 系上您的安全带。 Xìshàng nín de ānquándài.Fasten your seat belt.
- 要是汤姆系上安全带的话，他就不会死的。 Yàoshì tāngmǔ xì shàng ānquándài dehuà, tā jiù búhuì sǐ de.Tom would still be alive if he had been wearing his seat belt.