1. A method for suggesting search query completions for a language having ideographs and phonetic characters, comprising: on a search engine having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors: receiving a partial search query from a search requestor, the partial search query comprising one or more ideographs followed by at least one phonetic character that forms an incomplete phonetic sequence consistent with a first ideograph distinct from the one or more ideographs, and the partial search query comprises a portion of a complete search query, wherein the one or more ideographs of the partial search query include one or more Asian language ideographs, and the first ideograph corresponding to the at least one phonetic character comprises a respective Asian language ideograph; and automatically, in response to receiving the partial search query from the search requestor, prior to the search requestor signaling completion of a search query, and prior to the search requester entering any text beyond the one or more ideographs followed by at least one phonetic character: in accordance with both the one or more ideographs and the at least one phonetic character, obtaining a set of predicted complete search queries corresponding to the partial search query from search queries submitted by a community of users, the set of predicted complete search queries ordered in accordance with a ranking criteria, including the search engine making a prediction of the first ideograph, based on the at least one phonetic character, and obtaining the set of predicted complete search queries corresponding to the one or more ideographs in the partial search query and the predicted first ideograph; and conveying the set of ordered predicted search queries to the search requestor; wherein each search query of the set of the predicted complete search queries includes both the one or more Asian language ideographs of the partial search query and the respective Asian language ideograph consistent with the incomplete phonetic sequence.
1. A method for suggesting search query completions for a language having ideographs and phonetic characters, comprising: on a search engine having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors: receiving a partial search query from a search requestor, the partial search query comprising one or more ideographs followed by at least one phonetic character that forms an incomplete phonetic sequence consistent with a first ideograph distinct from the one or more ideographs, and the partial search query comprises a portion of a complete search query, wherein the one or more ideographs of the partial search query include one or more Asian language ideographs, and the first ideograph corresponding to the at least one phonetic character comprises a respective Asian language ideograph; and automatically, in response to receiving the partial search query from the search requestor, prior to the search requestor signaling completion of a search query, and prior to the search requester entering any text beyond the one or more ideographs followed by at least one phonetic character: in accordance with both the one or more ideographs and the at least one phonetic character, obtaining a set of predicted complete search queries corresponding to the partial search query from search queries submitted by a community of users, the set of predicted complete search queries ordered in accordance with a ranking criteria, including the search engine making a prediction of the first ideograph, based on the at least one phonetic character, and obtaining the set of predicted complete search queries corresponding to the one or more ideographs in the partial search query and the predicted first ideograph; and conveying the set of ordered predicted search queries to the search requestor; wherein each search query of the set of the predicted complete search queries includes both the one or more Asian language ideographs of the partial search query and the respective Asian language ideograph consistent with the incomplete phonetic sequence. 4. The method of claim 1 , further including: after conveying the set of ordered predicted search queries: obtaining a subsequent set of predicted complete search queries; and transmitting, to the search requestor, the subsequent set of predicted complete search queries ordered in accordance with the ranking criteria.