Xiao Mei, let's count the animals in the zoo. Pay attention—different animals use different measure words.

Okay! I see one elephant.

Right, elephants use the measure word ‘头’.

There are three horses running over there.

Very good, horses use ‘匹’.

And there are two monkeys playing in the trees.

Monkeys and birds both use ‘只’.

Look, there are five fish swimming in the river.

Correct, fish use ‘条’.

I also see two herds of deer eating grass.

‘群’ is used to measure a group of animals. Great!

So many measure words! Different animals need different ones.