diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/SuggestionMenu/SuggestionMenu.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/SuggestionMenu/SuggestionMenu.test.tsx
index 6b056718f6..365d1d7c3f 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/SuggestionMenu/SuggestionMenu.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/SuggestionMenu/SuggestionMenu.test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
-import { expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { act } from "react";
+import { createRoot, Root } from "react-dom/client";
+import { afterEach, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import { SuggestionMenuController } from "./SuggestionMenuController.js";
+import { useCloseSuggestionMenuNoItems } from "./hooks/useCloseSuggestionMenuNoItems.js";
+
+(globalThis as any).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
+
+let root: Root | undefined;
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  act(() => {
+    root?.unmount();
+  });
+  root = undefined;
+});
 
 it("has good typing", () => {
   // invalid, because DefaultSuggestionItem doesn't have a title property, so the default MantineSuggestionMenu doesn't wrok
@@ -40,3 +54,55 @@ it("has good typing", () => {
 
   expect(menu).toBeDefined();
 });
+
+it("keeps the suggestion menu open while an IME query is composing", async () => {
+  const closeMenu = vi.fn();
+  const container = document.createElement("div");
+
+  function TestHook(props: { isComposing: boolean; usedQuery: string }) {
+    useCloseSuggestionMenuNoItems(
+      [],
+      props.usedQuery,
+      closeMenu,
+      3,
+      props.isComposing,
+    );
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  root = createRoot(container);
+
+  await act(async () => {
+    root!.render(<TestHook isComposing={true} usedQuery="nihao" />);
+  });
+
+  expect(closeMenu).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
+
+it("keeps the suggestion menu open when composition ends before the committed query is loaded", async () => {
+  const closeMenu = vi.fn();
+  const container = document.createElement("div");
+
+  function TestHook(props: { isComposing: boolean; usedQuery: string }) {
+    useCloseSuggestionMenuNoItems(
+      [],
+      props.usedQuery,
+      closeMenu,
+      3,
+      props.isComposing,
+    );
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  root = createRoot(container);
+
+  await act(async () => {
+    root!.render(<TestHook isComposing={true} usedQuery="nihao" />);
+  });
+
+  await act(async () => {
+    root!.render(<TestHook isComposing={false} usedQuery="nihao" />);
+  });
+
+  expect(closeMenu).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/SuggestionMenu/SuggestionMenuWrapper.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/SuggestionMenu/SuggestionMenuWrapper.tsx
index 391bcb1b34..3ab1bb13be 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/SuggestionMenu/SuggestionMenuWrapper.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/SuggestionMenu/SuggestionMenuWrapper.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { BlockSchema, InlineContentSchema, StyleSchema } from "@blocknote/core";
-import { FC, useCallback, useEffect } from "react";
+import { FC, useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
 import { useBlockNoteContext } from "../../editor/BlockNoteContext.js";
 import { useBlockNoteEditor } from "../../hooks/useBlockNoteEditor.js";
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export function SuggestionMenuWrapper<Item>(props: {
     closeMenu,
     onItemClick,
   } = props;
+  const [isComposing, setIsComposing] = useState(false);
 
   const onItemClickCloseMenu = useCallback(
     (item: Item) => {
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ export function SuggestionMenuWrapper<Item>(props: {
     getItems,
   );
 
-  useCloseSuggestionMenuNoItems(items, usedQuery, closeMenu);
+  useCloseSuggestionMenuNoItems(items, usedQuery, closeMenu, 3, isComposing);
 
   const { selectedIndex } = useSuggestionMenuKeyboardNavigation(
     editor,
@@ -72,6 +73,57 @@ export function SuggestionMenuWrapper<Item>(props: {
     };
   }, [setContentEditableProps]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let previousCompositionStart:
+      | ((event: CompositionEvent) => void)
+      | undefined;
+    let previousCompositionEnd: ((event: CompositionEvent) => void) | undefined;
+
+    const handleCompositionStart = (event: CompositionEvent) => {
+      previousCompositionStart?.(event);
+      setIsComposing(true);
+    };
+    const handleCompositionEnd = (event: CompositionEvent) => {
+      previousCompositionEnd?.(event);
+      setIsComposing(false);
+    };
+
+    setContentEditableProps((p = {}) => {
+      previousCompositionStart = p.onCompositionStart;
+      previousCompositionEnd = p.onCompositionEnd;
+
+      return {
+        ...p,
+        onCompositionStart: handleCompositionStart,
+        onCompositionEnd: handleCompositionEnd,
+      };
+    });
+
+    return () => {
+      setContentEditableProps((p = {}) => {
+        const next = { ...p };
+
+        if (next.onCompositionStart === handleCompositionStart) {
+          if (previousCompositionStart) {
+            next.onCompositionStart = previousCompositionStart;
+          } else {
+            delete next.onCompositionStart;
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (next.onCompositionEnd === handleCompositionEnd) {
+          if (previousCompositionEnd) {
+            next.onCompositionEnd = previousCompositionEnd;
+          } else {
+            delete next.onCompositionEnd;
+          }
+        }
+
+        return next;
+      });
+    };
+  }, [setContentEditableProps]);
+
   // set selected item (activedescendent) attributes when selected item changes
   useEffect(() => {
     setContentEditableProps((p) => ({
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/SuggestionMenu/hooks/useCloseSuggestionMenuNoItems.ts b/packages/react/src/components/SuggestionMenu/hooks/useCloseSuggestionMenuNoItems.ts
index c389461917..ada1caa2ca 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/SuggestionMenu/hooks/useCloseSuggestionMenuNoItems.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/SuggestionMenu/hooks/useCloseSuggestionMenuNoItems.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,27 @@ export function useCloseSuggestionMenuNoItems<Item>(
   usedQuery: string | undefined,
   closeMenu: () => void,
   invalidQueries = 3,
+  isComposing = false,
 ) {
   const lastUsefulQueryLength = useRef(0);
+  const composingQuery = useRef<string | undefined>(undefined);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (usedQuery === undefined) {
       return;
     }
 
+    if (isComposing) {
+      composingQuery.current = usedQuery;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (composingQuery.current === usedQuery) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    composingQuery.current = undefined;
+
     if (items.length > 0) {
       lastUsefulQueryLength.current = usedQuery.length;
     } else if (
@@ -24,5 +37,5 @@ export function useCloseSuggestionMenuNoItems<Item>(
     ) {
       closeMenu();
     }
-  }, [closeMenu, invalidQueries, items.length, usedQuery]);
+  }, [closeMenu, invalidQueries, isComposing, items.length, usedQuery]);
 }