celebration; festive occasion
Refers to a celebratory event itself, such as a wedding or banquet. Often used in formal or traditional contexts.
I was asked to give a speech at the celebratory banquet.
congratulatory gift; money gift
A gift, typically money in a special envelope (ご祝儀袋), given at weddings, births, or other celebrations. The antonym is 不祝儀 (funeral offering).
I gave a congratulatory money gift at my friend's wedding.
Used for a tip given to service staff, especially in traditional settings like ryokan or restaurants. Less common than チップ in casual contexts.
I give a tip to the maid at the inn.
I gave a congratulatory gift to the bride and groom at the wedding.
I gave a tip to the waitress at the inn.
I put thirty thousand yen in as the congratulatory gift.
I received a congratulatory gift from relatives at the wedding.
慶事 is a formal, literary word for a happy occasion such as a wedding or birth, while 祝儀 in this sense refers more concretely to the celebratory event itself.
チップ is the everyday, casual loanword for a tip, while 祝儀 is used in traditional Japanese service settings like ryokan or geisha houses.
祝儀 specifically means a monetary gift or tip given at a celebration, while 祝い covers any kind of congratulatory gift, monetary or otherwise.
祝辞 is a congratulatory speech given at a ceremony, whereas 祝儀 is the celebration or the monetary gift itself, not a speech.
Compound of 祝 (しゅく, 'celebrate') and 儀 (ぎ, 'ceremony'). The reading しゅうぎ is a sound change from しゅくぎ.