If a person, a room, or a piece of clothing is chic, it looks very fashionable and rather expensive, and it shows a good eye for what is attractive. The look is clean and knowing, not loud and not messy — as if someone chose well and then stopped. A simple black dress, a haircut, a small hotel, even a city (people say Paris is chic) can take the word.

if a person, a room, or a piece of clothing is chic如果一個人、一個房間，或一件衣服很 chic，it looks very fashionable and rather expensive看起來就很時髦、也有點貴氣，and it shows a good eye for what is attractive還顯示出對美感很有眼光。the look是那種 clean and knowing乾淨、懂行的樣子，not loud and not messy不誇張也不邋遢——as if someone chose well and then stopped就好像有人精挑細選之後就恰到好處地停手了。a simple black dress一件簡單的小黑裙、a haircut一個髮型、a small hotel一間小旅館，even a city甚至一座城市（people say Paris is chic大家會說巴黎很 chic）can take the word都可以用這個字。

English borrowed it from French, and it still feels a little French in the mouth, which is part of why fashion writing likes it. You can also use it as a noun for that quality: she has chic, French chic. It is a compliment.

English借英文 borrowed it from French是從法文借來的，and it still feels a little French in the mouth唸起來還是帶點法文味，which is part of why fashion writing likes it這也是時尚寫作喜歡用它的原因之一。you can also use it as a noun它也可以當名詞，for that quality指這種特質：she has chic她很有 chic，French chic法式 chic。it is a compliment這是一句稱讚。

Though actually, speakers stretch it: a café with nice lamps may be called chic when it is only tidy, and something cheap can still look chic if the eye is right. Younger everyday speech often prefers cool or stylish; chic lives in magazines, design talk, and anywhere looks are being judged.

though actually不過事實上，speakers stretch it大家也會把這個字用得寬鬆一點：a café with nice lamps may be called chic when it is only tidy一間只是整潔、燈飾好看的咖啡店也可能被說成 chic，and something cheap can still look chic if the eye is right東西便宜，只要眼光對，看起來一樣可以很 chic。younger everyday speech年輕人日常口語 often prefers cool or stylish比較常用 cool 或 stylish；chic lives in magazines, design talk, and anywhere looks are being judgedchic 則常出現在雜誌、設計討論，還有任何在評論外觀的場合。