蔡琴 (Taiwanese folk/pop singer)

Tsai Chin (Chinese: 蔡琴; pinyin: Cài Qín; Wade–Giles: Ts'ai4 Ch'in2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhoà Khîm; b. 1957) is a Taiwanese pop and folk musician. Tsai sings in both Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese Hokkien. Tsai's hits include "Forgotten Times" (《被遺忘的時光》), "Just Like Your Tenderness" (《恰似你的温柔》), "The Last Night" (《最後一夜》), "Reading You" (《讀你》) and "The Spirit of Your Eyes" (《你的眼神》). The peak of her popularity in Taiwan was from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, but she remains popular in Mainland China. Tsai's albums Tsai Chin Live 2007 and Golden Voice were both recognized with a "Top-10-Selling Mandarin Albums of the Year" award at the 2007 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards, presented by the Hong Kong branch of IFPI. Tsai was married to Taiwanese director Edward Yang from 1985 to 1995. Tsai was featured alongside Hou Hsiao-Hsien in Yang's 1985 film Taipei Story. She is the granddaughter of Cai Hanqing. Tsai's song "Forgotten Times" (《被遺忘的時光》) is featured prominently in the 2002 hit Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs as a recurring element of its story line, and also in its sequels. Besides serving to elucidate the theme of the films, the song plays an important plot function in chronologically connecting various elements of the story. Liu, Lyla (7 October 2022). "Taiwan's legendary singer Tsai Chin to perform at Cloud Gate Theater | Taiwan News | 2022-10-07 13:55:00". Taiwan News. Retrieved 1 February 2024. IFPI Hong Kong 2007 IFPI Hong Kong Album Sales Awards winners list Archived 2 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 April 2011 柴扉 (2016). 萬里遊蹤 柴扉先生遊記散文集 (in Chinese). 臺灣商務. p. 62. ISBN 9789570530339. Retrieved 21 November 2025. CRI (22 February 2006). "Taiwan Music Legend Tsai Chin". Women's Foreign Language Publications of China. Retrieved 6 May 2012. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tsai Chin (singer). (in Chinese) v t e