this word is "jiu4 zhi2 dian3 li3", but "zhi" is barely carries accuracy.
It is vague,lengthy, etc.Chinese is a backward language,although it does not deny which is used for some classics by great thinkers.
The poor language is inseparable with slowness in progress in China: social, scientific,even in artistic and literary.
Reformation of Chinese language is not in agenda of Chinese leaders, ...it can not be solved until the society is in more stable condition.