Timi Zhuo

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Timi Zhuo
Chinese name	卓依婷 (Traditional)
Pinyin	Zhuō Yī-Tíng (Mandarin)
Born	October 2, 1981 (1981-10-02) (age 26)
Occupation	Singer
Genre(s)	C-pop, Chinese opera
Years active	1987–

Timi Zhuo Yi-Ting (卓依婷) (born October 2, 1981) is a prominent singer from Taiwan. She has recorded more than 600 songs in Mandarin and Taiwanese.

[edit] Biography

Zhuo started out as a singer in Taipei singing in Taiwanese. She was skilled at the piano from a very young age, and started her singing career when she was only five. Zhuo was such a young and beautiful girl when she started her singing career that she was given the name "Small Princess." Encouraged and arranged by her parents, she performed numerous times in China, Taiwan and Malaysia.

In 1998, at the age of 17, she contracted a stomach disease; as a result, she decided to take a rest and did not perform for a few years. Although rumors spread that she had died,^[1] she returned to public performances with a concert in Beijing in the spring of 2002. She continues to perform in China. She was given a nickname of "Queen of all soft song singers."^{[citation needed]}

Her latest album was issued on January 24, 2007 in Malaysia and China with a title of Gong Xi Fa Ca. It means "May You Prosper," a phrase commonly used by Chinese to greet each other during Chinese New Year.

[edit] Famous songs

Zhuo is famous for her Chinese New Year songs, and for Chinese opera songs such as "Liang San Bo Yu Zhu Ying Tai" (梁山伯与祝英台) from The Butterfly Lovers.

Her cover versions of Teresa Teng's songs are also very popular, including:

• "Sweet Honey" (甜蜜蜜)
• "Don't Pick the Roadside Flowers" (路边的野花不要采)
• "The Milky Way" (云河)
• "Rhyme of the Sea" (海韵)
• "Thousands of Words" (千言万语)
• "I Only Care About You" (我只在乎你)
• "Small Town Story" (小城故事)
• "Like Your Tenderness" (恰似你的温柔)
• "Fragrance of the Night" (夜来香)
• "The Moon Represents My Heart" (月亮代表我的心)
• "Love You For 1000 Years" (爱你一万年)
• "Lover" (爱人)

Her successful original pop songs include "My Tears Don't Lie to You" (我的眼泪不为你说谎), "Camouflage" (偽裝), and "Don't be Scared" (别怕).

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