Top 15 Most Heartfelt Chinese Songs

When Love Becomes a Thing of the Past is a song about love that never materialized between two individuals. Enduring endless pain, enduring countless longing, and in the end, when remembering the past still cannot forget each other. This is the soundtrack of a Chinese LGBTQ+ film called Farewell My Concubine, also one of the most famous films in this country. The melody of When Love Becomes a Thing of the Past seems to cut into the pain of the other person, truly passionate and heartbreaking.

Performed by: Zhang Guoqing

The song Cotton Candy has been with the audience for quite some time, yet its melody and music are still beloved by everyone to this day. This song has a lively and lovely melody, depicting the confession of a couple, hence the lyrics of the song inevitably stir everyone's heart. Just like the song's title, everything about this song feels as sweet as cotton candy.

Performed by: Top Combine

Hello, Tomorrow is a gentle song with a slightly melancholic melody that makes us contemplate deeply. The song's theme revolves around perseverance and courage. When we stumble, it's also when we need to make the effort to stand up and move towards tomorrow, towards a brighter future. If you just sit in the darkness, there will truly be no way out. In this song, there's a very nice line 'Hello, tomorrow. Smiling through tears', indicating that to achieve glory, one must go through pain to truly mature, to understand what courage really is.

Performed by: Milk@coffee

As people often say, Chinese language contains a lot of emotions and The Imperfect Child is a perfect example. This song, from its melody to its lyrics, can bring tears to your eyes. When you blame your parents for not loving you, listen to this song and think about who loves you the most in this world. Every word of The Imperfect Child penetrates deep into everyone's heart. When the whole world wants you to grow up, your parents are satisfied with what you have achieved. 'While the world is waiting for you to soar higher, your parents are worried about your fragile wings,' a truly touching song. Everyone will have different emotions when listening to this song, but no one can avoid feeling heartbroken thinking about what our parents have sacrificed for us.

Performed by: TFBOYS

The Words of Trees is a song about what humans have done and are doing to nature. The beauty that trees bring to humans, but all they receive in return is betrayal. Have you ever listened closely to the words of trees, do you know what they want? A very poignant line in the song is 'The hills that once curved gracefully, are cut into pieces by greed,' a line that encapsulates so much pain. The Words of Trees has a gentle melody, enough to touch the heart of everyone. Listen to this song and try to feel what the trees are trying to say.

Performed by: Vương Tuấn Khải

His Own Angel is a song that dedicates the heart to the loved one, seeing them as a earthly angel, untouchable by harm. The song repeatedly states 'You're my own angel, only mine,' which is an affirmation, a mark as if to say if not protected, someone will take you away from me.

A petite girl like that can make the guy himself become strong when tired, can use those cute hands to warm the other's heart, then in this world he has nothing more to look forward to than these moments of happiness.

Performed by: Tank

He and She is a song about the beginning of two people, a new love budding still awaiting an answer, but perhaps when listening to the lyrics of the song, we can recognize that this may be a beautiful love, a love just newly crystallized. The gentle melody easily enters the heart, from the first notes making us feel fluttered and lingering.

Performed by: Hong Haon Nguyen

Unable to Reach is the soundtrack of the movie Like Love. The melody of the song is somewhat deep and melancholic, like a love story that cannot reach each other. They said there is a bright future, a bright love so I have been searching, trying to chase, trying to hold on to every moment to not miss out, but forever I cannot touch it. Will this love have a good ending?

Performed by: Lam Nhat Kiet

Have you ever wanted to go to a peaceful place to enjoy the simple sensations? Small Town in the South will take your emotions to peaceful musical notes.

When listening to this song, deep down inside, we all somewhat want to leave behind the busy hustle and bustle of life, to search for a peaceful place and feel the flavor of life, standing in a small village observing the simple activities here, feeling how simple life can be.

Performed by: Ly Van Huong

Not a legend, myth, or fairy tale of love, the most meaningful song remains with the name Dialogue. First of all, because the characters in the song have vowed to write a beautiful love fairy tale together (why is it a 'fairy tale' rather than a life story? Because the girl couldn't live, couldn't write a real story with the boy. She's gone, taking with her an endless love for the boy).

Secondly, this story does not end like the archetype of a fairy tale (where good meets good, who is good lives happily, etc.), moreover, what Tong Hua describes is not too focused on a beautiful love story about 'reality', where everyone comes together, lives a lifetime together, but it aims for something dazzlingly real, something 'Heavenly' and 'Fairytale-like', akin to the very popular archetype of Korean instant noodle dramas.

Performed by: Quang Luong

Onion is a song that expresses the agony of someone always watching over the person they love, but can do nothing else but hide themselves, silently protecting that person. You're the secret I bury deep inside my heart, if you search in my heart, you'll find it, but perhaps that's just a dream because 'I'm like that onion, forever just a seasoning'.

Performed by: Mayday

This song is also known as the Waiting Duet in Vietnam. It's a beautiful, poignant song brilliantly performed by Triệu Vy in the blockbuster movie Farewell My Concubine. The gentle melody, rich in poetry and classical essence, combined with Triệu Vy's clear, soaring vocals, has created a memorable song cherished by generations of viewers.

Artist: Triệu Vy

This is an R&B song, with powerful sounds over a gentle melody played by piano and guitar. The melody of this song is dark and blends well with the sorrowful lyrics describing the sadness of a young man facing the death of his beloved.

Like other songs with lyrics by Phương Văn Sơn, Night Melody is filled with poeticism and rich metaphorical imagery. In Vietnam, Night Melody is one of the most beloved and well-known songs by Jay Chou.

Artist: Châu Kiệt Luân

Perhaps those who have tasted the bitterness of unrequited love will understand one thing: 'Once lovers, it's hard to go back to being friends.' If you find yourself in that state of mind, then listen to the song Ten Years to find resonance. Originally performed by singer Trần Dịch Tấn, when Lý Vũ Xuân and actor Lương Triều Vỹ performed a duet of this song for the movie soundtrack of The Ferryman, it still evoked deep empathy.

The lyrics of the song make us ponder more about the impermanence of life. How much can the feelings of ten years ago and ten years later change? Perhaps even we ourselves cannot estimate. After experiencing a deeply engraved love story, we realize, 'Your tears don't just fall for me but can also fall for someone else.'Artist: Trần Dịch Tấn

This song is set in the context of a couple parting ways at the airport. As the feeling of separation sets in, one person holding a bouquet of tường vy flowers tightens their grip on the hand and accidentally gets pricked by a thorn from the tường vy. From the circumstances to the lyrics, everything is tinted with sorrow. But above all, the girl and the boy both courageously embrace the imperfection of life and console, imparting strength to each other, enduring together, waiting for better things to come.

JJ Lin and G.E.M.'s voices blend harmoniously, sometimes tenderly enveloping, sometimes decisively strong. The chorus is very long, yet it's sung alternately, one line by one. Like two strands of tightly woven rope, one person supports the other while leaning on them at the same time. The smooth melody, picturesque imagery, and meaningful lyrics make the song as beautiful as a poem.

Artists: JJ Lin and G.E.M.