Zhang Liyin
| Zhang Liyin | |
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| Chinese name | (traditional) |
| Chinese name | (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Zhāng Lìyǐn (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Zoeng1 Lik6 Wan5 (Cantonese) |
| Born |
February 28, 1989 Chengdu, Sichuan, China |
| Occupation | |
| Genre(s) | |
| Instrument(s) | |
| Voice type(s) | Mezzo-soprano |
| Label(s) | |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Associated acts | |
| Website | zhangliyin |
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| Traditional Chinese | 張力尹 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 张力尹, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhāng Lìyǐn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhāng Lìyǐn |
| Bopomofo | ㄓㄤ˙ㄌㄧ˙ㄧㄣ˙ |
| Wade–Giles | Chang Li-yin |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Jhāng Lìyǐn |
| other Mandarin | |
| Xiao'erjing | ﺟْﺎ لِ ىٍ |
| Wu | |
| Romanization | Tsan平 Lih入yin上 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Jēung Lihkwáhn |
| Jyutping | Zoeng1 Lik6 Wan5 |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Tiong Le̍k-ún |
Zhang Liyin (born February 28, 1989), better known in South Korea as Jang Ri-in, is a Chinese singer based in China and South Korea. She is a member of S.M. Entertainment's project group S.M. The Ballad. Subject to much publicity, Zhang was nicknamed the "Chinese BoA" and the next leader of the Korean Wave. She speaks both Mandarin, which is her first language, and fluent Korean, and has released singles in both China and South Korea, singing in both languages. Her official fanclub color is gold and her fanclub name (although not yet official) is "Chocolate".
Zhang has released only one studio album since her debut in 2006, but its singles carried a few top ten titles, such as "Timeless," which was a #1 hit, as well as "I Will". She is also the first foreign artist to win Best Newcomer award at the Mnet Asian Music Awards.
Zhang was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. She is a member of the Yi people. Her parents took her to their classical concerts and exposed her to a variety of music. At the age of three, she began to learn the violin. Zhang was so interested in classical, American, and European pop music that she claims she never sang children's songs when she was a child. She also developed the ability to sing a song after hearing it only once. When she was nine years old, she showed her musical ability when she sang Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On".
As she grew older, Zhang became more absorbed into pop music than classical music. She secretly listened to pop music because her parents were against it. When she was twelve, she was accepted into a middle school affiliated to Sichuan Conservatory of Music after scoring the highest with her violin talents, but she opted to become a singer instead. Eventually, her parents began to support her dream to become a singer and she gained confidence when she was selected as the top 10 adult singers in a national singing competition under a sponsorship in Shanghai, China.
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