▁ ▁R ì bě n ▁g ǒ u ▁( 日 本 <0xE7> <0x8B> <0x97> ) ▁— ▁Liter ally ▁" J apan ese ▁dogs ". ▁The ▁word ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁all ▁Japanese ▁people ▁in ▁extremely ▁negative ▁context s . ▁ ▁d à ▁ji ǎ o ▁pén ▁z ú ▁( 大 <0xE8> <0x85> <0xB3> <0xE7> <0x9B> <0x86> 族 ) ▁— ▁Eth nic ▁sl ur ▁towards ▁Japanese ▁used ▁pre domin antly ▁by ▁Northern ▁Chinese , ▁mainly ▁those ▁from ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁T ian jin . ▁Liter ally ▁" Big ▁Fe et ▁Bowl ▁Race ". ▁ ▁hu á ng ▁j ū n ▁() ▁— ▁a ▁pun ▁on ▁the ▁hom oph one ▁" 皇 军 / 皇 軍 " ▁( hu á ng ▁j ū n , ▁literally ▁" Im per ial ▁Army "), ▁the ▁definition ▁of ▁ 黃 ▁( hu á ng ) ▁used ▁is ▁" yellow ". ▁This ▁phrase ▁ 黄 军 / 黃 軍 ▁(" Y ellow ▁Army ") ▁was ▁used ▁during ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁to ▁represent ▁Japanese ▁soldiers ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁colour ▁of ▁their ▁uniform . ▁Today , ▁it ▁is ▁used ▁neg atively ▁against ▁all ▁Japanese . ▁Since ▁the ▁s tere ot ype ▁of ▁Japanese ▁soldiers ▁is ▁commonly ▁port rayed ▁in ▁war - related ▁TV ▁series ▁in ▁China ▁as ▁short ▁men , ▁with ▁a ▁to oth br ush ▁m oust ache ▁( and ▁sometimes ▁round ▁glass es , ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁higher ▁ranks ), ▁ 黄 军 / 黃 軍 ▁is ▁also ▁often ▁used ▁to ▁pull ▁j okes ▁on ▁Chinese ▁people