A bijou house or flat is small, but the speaker wants you to hear small and nice, not small and poor. People who sell houses in Britain love this word: a bijou apartment in the city centre.

A bijou house or flat is smallbijou 的房子或公寓是小的, but the speaker wants you to hear small and nice, not small and poor但說話的人想讓你聽到的是「小而美」，不是「小又寒酸」。People who sell houses in Britain love this word英國賣房子的人很愛用這個字: a bijou apartment in the city centrea bijou apartment in the city centre（市中心一間精緻的小公寓）。

Among friends it is often a joke — your bijou kitchen is so bijou that two people cannot stand in it. The word still carries a little French sparkle, like a tiny jewel.

Among friends朋友之間 it is often a joke常常拿它開玩笑 — your bijou kitchen is so bijou that two people cannot stand in it你的 bijou 廚房小到兩個人根本站不進去。The word still carries a little French sparkle這個字還帶著一點法式的閃亮感, like a tiny jewel像一顆小寶石。

Though actually, if someone says bijou with a straight face about a place that is only tiny, they may be dressing it up. You will meet it more in British English than in American English, and almost always about rooms and homes, not about people.

Though actually不過, if someone says bijou with a straight face about a place that is only tiny如果有人一本正經地用 bijou 來形容一個真的就只是很小的地方, they may be dressing it up他可能是在美化說法。You你 will meet it more in British English than in American English會比較常在英式英語裡遇到這個字，而不是美式, and almost always about rooms and homes, not about people而且幾乎都是用來形容房間和住家，不是用來形容人。