▁by ▁the ▁Chinese ▁Han ▁dynast y ▁during ▁the ▁First ▁Chinese ▁dom ination ▁of ▁Vietnam ; ▁when ▁mixed ▁with ▁the ▁word ▁" s ou thern ▁bar bar ian " ▁( 南 <0xE8> <0xA0> <0xBB> ) ▁is ▁also ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁eth nic ▁sl ur ▁by ▁the ▁Han ▁Chinese . ▁ ▁Other ▁ ▁l ǎ o ▁h ē i ▁( 老 <0xE9> <0xBB> <0x91> ) ▁— ▁Liter ally ▁" Old ▁Black ", ▁a ▁ra cial ▁sl ur ▁towards ▁black ▁people ▁or ▁people ▁of ▁Sub - S ah aran ▁Black ▁African ▁descent . ▁ ▁l ǎ o ▁m ò ▁( 老 <0xE5> <0xA2> <0xA8> ) ▁— ▁" Old ▁Mexican ", ▁an ▁eth nic ▁sl ur ▁used ▁towards ▁Mex icans . ▁ <0xE5> <0xA2> <0xA8> ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁confused ▁with ▁" ink ", ▁which ▁be ars ▁the ▁same ▁character ▁and ▁pron unci ation ▁from ▁" <0xE5> <0xA2> <0xA8> " ▁in ▁ <0xE5> <0xA2> <0xA8> 西 <0xE5> <0x93> <0xA5> ▁( M ex ico ). ▁ ▁h ē i ▁gu ǐ zi ▁( <0xE9> <0xBB> <0x91> 鬼 子 ) ▁or ▁h ē i ▁gu ǐ ▁( <0xE9> <0xBB> <0x91> 鬼 ) ▁— ▁Liter ally ▁" Black ▁devil ", ▁ra cial ▁sl ur ▁directed ▁towards ▁black ▁people ▁or ▁people ▁Sub - S ah aran ▁Black ▁African ▁descent . ▁The ▁term ▁is ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁English ▁term ▁n igger ▁as ▁an ▁eth nic ▁sl ur ▁directed ▁at ▁black ▁people . ▁ ▁t ǔ b ā oz i ▁( 土 包 子 ) ▁— ▁Liter ally ▁" M ud ▁ba oz i