红曲米 Traditional form: 紅麴米 Pinyin (reading): hóngqūmǐ Definitions: red yeast rice Characters: 红 - red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false 米 - rice, millet, grain Traditional characters: 紅 - red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular 麴 - yeast; to leaven; surname 米 - rice, millet, grain