Editing Jacky Cheung (section)

== Early life ==
Cheung was born and grew up in [[Quarry Bay]] in the eastern part of [[Hong Kong Island]]. His father is from [[Tianjin]] and his mother is from [[Shanghai]].<ref>Big5.cri.cn. "[http://big5.cri.cn/gate/big5/gb.cri.cn/15464/2007/05/15/2385@1588390.htm CRIonline]." ''五好男人張學友.'' Retrieved on 12 April 2009.</ref> As a child, he lived with his parents and two siblings in a 100 square feet apartment which they simultaneously shared with at least fifteen other relatives.<ref name=":0" /> He attended North Point Government Primary School from 1967 to 1973,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Team|first=Discuz! Team and Comsenz UI|title=學友返母校教誨師弟妹→雨林 於 2003-09-27 18:13:55|url=http://www.jackyclub.com/thread-11772-1-1.html|access-date=27 January 2021|website=【學友熱】歌神張學友專屬網站}}</ref> and graduated from [[:zh:崇文英文書院|Literary College]] in 1978.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

In 2007, Cheung revealed that the paternal side of his family are mostly [[sailor|seamen]], including his father, paternal cousin, and older brother. His first language is [[Cantonese]], but he also speaks [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] and English. He sings Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean and modern English pop songs. Cheung is known for his rich [[baritone]] voice,<ref>Time.com. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20071202042346/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1000778,00.html Time.com]." ''Cantopop kingdom.'' Retrieved on 12 April 2009.</ref> but also his dramatic [[vibrato]] by rapidly moving his pronounced [[Adam's apple|Adam's Apple]].{{cn|date=March 2025}}