code: def _chinese_character_to_pinyin(text: str) -> List[str]:
      pinyins = pypinyin.pinyin(
          text,
          style=pypinyin.Style.TONE3,
          heteronym=False,
          neutral_tone_with_five=True,
      )
      pinyins_flat_list = [
          item for sublist in pinyins for item in sublist
      ]
      return pinyins_flat_list
  
imports: from typing import List
  import jieba
  import pypinyin
  from .pinyinToPhonemes import PINYIN_DICT
label_desc: Use image node_id 1 for calling a global function with example usage: _chinese_character_to_pinyin(text) and returns: pinyins_flat_list