Examples

陶器是用比较纯粹的黏土制成的。

Pottery is made from unadulterated clay. → 纯粹

为了能够按计划完成任务, 陶工连夜赶制了这批陶器。

In order to finish the task as planned, the potter worked overnight making the earthenware. → 陶工

她把埋的陶器扒了出来。

She dug up buried pottery. → 扒

这是惟一残存的中国清代陶器样品。

This is the only surviving example of Qing dynasty pottery in China. → 残存

China, also known as soft-paste or tender porcelain, is softer: it can be cut with a file, while porcelain cannot.

陶器，也叫幼陶器或软瓷器，它的质地柔软，可以用锉刀切开，但是普通瓷器就不行。

Whereas porcelain is always translucent, china is opaque.

瓷器常常是半透明的，而陶器是不透明的。

a piece of pottery

一件陶器 → pottery