▁term ▁outside ▁China . ▁ ▁m án ▁z i ▁() ▁— ▁foreign ▁bar b ari ans ; ▁This ▁historical ▁term , ▁when ▁mixed ▁with ▁the ▁word ▁" s outh " ▁( 南 ) ▁is ▁also ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁eth nic ▁sl ur ▁by ▁northern ▁Han ▁Chinese ▁against ▁someone ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁from ▁southern ▁China . ▁ ▁Again st ▁Other ▁East ▁A si ans ▁ ▁Again st ▁Japanese ▁▁ ▁x i ǎ o ▁R ì bě n ▁( 小 日 本 ) ▁" J aps " ▁— ▁Liter ally ▁" l ittle ▁Japan [ ese ] ". ▁This ▁term ▁is ▁still ▁commonly ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁sl ur ▁toward ▁Japanese ▁among ▁Chinese ▁but ▁it ▁has ▁very ▁little ▁impact ▁left . ▁This ▁term ▁was ▁histor ically ▁by ▁the ▁Chinese ▁associ ating ▁the ▁Japanese ▁with ▁d war f ism ▁and ▁the ▁historical ▁lower ▁average ▁stat ure ▁of ▁Japanese ▁in ▁comparison ▁with ▁the ▁Han ▁Chinese . ▁ ▁R ì bě n ▁gu ǐ zi ▁( 日 本 鬼 子 ) ▁— ▁Liter ally ▁" J apan ese ▁devil ". ▁This ▁is ▁used ▁mostly ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁the ▁Second ▁S ino - J apan ese ▁War , ▁when ▁Japan ▁inv aded ▁and ▁occupied ▁large ▁areas ▁of ▁China . ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁a ▁Japanese ▁document ary ▁on ▁Japanese ▁war ▁cr imes ▁during ▁W W II . ▁ ▁d ō ng y á ng ▁gu ǐ zi ▁() ▁— ▁Liter ally ▁" Ori ental ▁devil ". ▁An ▁anti - J apan ese ▁variant ▁of ▁y á ng ▁gu