In Mandarin,there is so many measure word,ex."个","把","串","只","朵",“枚”,“斤”,“杯”,etc....i think there is a huge amount of them.
I learn it when i was a child and i think it's easy to know how use.just like English of yours.
I think there is no shortcuts to get it,just more practice,just make it surround you,the Mandarin environment and you can use it directly,from your own heart,not through the brain.
hope helps.