The story
- Teochew · borrowed from臭“dirty, ill-reputed”
- English todaychao keng
From Teochew 臭 (cao³, “dirty, ill-reputed”) + 經 /经 (gêng¹, “to evade; to pass the buck”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
chao keng
Today it means: To malinger, to skive, to shirk one's duties (especially, military duties) by feigning illness or reporting sick. Full definition →
Teochew 臭