thin / thing

Especially for speakers of CHINESE, SPANISH, BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE.

  1. /n/ vs. /ŋ/
  2. Minimal Pairs

1. /n/ vs. /ŋ/

The word thin ends with the sound /n/ - use the tip of the tongue on the gum just behind your upper teeth.
The word thing ends with the sound /ŋ/ - use the middle-back of the tongue to touch the roof of the mouth, in the same place that you make /k/ and /g/.

2. Minimal Pairs

ban - bang
fan - fang
gone - gong
ran - rang
run - rung
sin - sing
sun - sung
tan - tang 
thin - thing
ton /tʌn/ - tongue /tʌŋ/ (these rhyme with 'sun' and 'sung')
win - wing