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KUN Charlotte Tilbury in Shanghai January 2026
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Caixukun Singapore world tour ultra pro max handsome
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蔡徐坤

Cài Xúkūn
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Cai Xukun / Kun (Chinese singer, dancer)

About Cai Xukun

born 1998 · 歌手 singer

Singer and dancer who won the talent show 偶像练习生 in 2018 and debuted in the group Nine Percent. His self-introduction as a trainee who likes singing, dancing, rap and basketball became a long-running internet joke.

Also called  坤坤

Examples

HSK 6
Cài Xúkūn yīn 《 Ǒuxiàng liànxíshēng 》 chūdào.
Cai Xukun debuted through Idol Producer.
HSK 6
Cài Xúkūn shì NBA Zhōngguó de xíngxiàng dàshǐ.
Cai Xukun was an NBA China brand ambassador.

Tips

culture
The 'chicken' joke is a mishearing: in 《只因你太美》, the song in his trainee video, 只 'only' comes out clipped and sounds like 鸡 'chicken'. When the NBA made him a New Year ambassador in 2019, 'you play ball like Cai Xukun' became a jab at bad basketball.

In Pop Culture

蔡徐坤 Cài Xúkūn
Cai Xukun / KUN
Chinese idol singer-dancer, nicknamed 坤坤. Center of the long-running 鸡你太美 meme ecosystem that spread across Chinese internet culture from 2019 onward.

Stroke Order

蔡 Cài
徐 xú
坤 kūn